or your bbc sport app, on the bbc sport website, or your bbc sport app, but on the bbc sport websiteessy and unsettled picture weather—wise as we head through the next few days. but it was a pretty start earlier on this morning. lots of red skies as captured by our weather watchers. and of course, the heaviest downpours today were out towards the west, some of the showers pushing further eastwards at times. not as much sunshine as we saw yesterday, but still the chance of some more bright and sunny spells as we go through the next few days, accompanied by some rather blustery showers. brisk southerly winds so the air is mild, warm for the time of year, even. and it's unsettled because low pressure is the dominant force. it's out towards the west of ireland. of course, all of these bands of rain showers swirling around it that sets the scene. for the rest of tonight there will be further bands of rain just gradually pushing northwards and eastwards, but some long clear spells across northern areas of england and through the southern half of the uk as we head towards dawn tomorrow. her

lots more on your bbc sport app or the website. lots more on your bbc sport app or tf to iebsite.n your bbc sport app or tf to london. thank you so back to london. thank you so much. israel's invasion of lebanon in recent weeks has brought another level of hardship to a country already suffering politically and economically. today, a conference in paris looks at ways to end the fighting and put the country on a stable path. earlier, france and germany pledged more than $200 million to help people displaced by the conflict there. speaking at the conference — the french president, emmanuel macron, repeated his call for a ceasefire between israel and hezbollah. france will contribute 100 million euros at this conference.- million euros at this conference. ~ . , , conference. what is needed is to shelter— conference. what is needed is to shelter the _ conference. what is needed is to shelter the families, - conference. what is needed is to shelter the families, feed l to shelter the families, feed the children, care for the wounded and continue to provide schooling for the pupils. sol

here is bbc sport africa's emmanuel akindubuwa. cted the nff to write a petition stating a petition against the libyan fa for acts of sabotage after the team arrived on sunday evening and was left stranded for 16 hours before they were forced to come back home. the reasons for the return is clear — they have not had enough time to rest and they are not in the right physical condition for that game. secondly, they have been compelled to take a three— to four—hour roadtrip, which is a tedious journey for someone who has been stranded for 16 hours. we will wait and see what the confederation of african football will do about it. they issued a statement a few hours ago stating that the committee would look into the situation and a position would be taken in the coming days. the top european leagues and players�* union fifpro have filed a legal complaint against fifa over what they claim is an "abuse of dominance" regarding the international match calendar, with many of the top clubs concerned about player welfare. from brussels, here's

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website. t the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. tuesday is going to bring sunshine, a few showers, too. but i want to show you the big picture, the satellite image, and the recent rain clouds, but it's all about the high pressure over the next few days. here it is. the azores high building in off the atlantic, spreading across france, and then centred across the heart of the continent to the middle of the week, and then around that area of high pressure, we have milder air spreading in from the south, so we've got some pretty decent temperatures on the way this week. but with the nights getting a little longer, and all of the moisture we've had recently, all of that rain, we will have some mist and fog overnight, especially midweek. here is the forecast for the short—term, some quite sharp showers through wales and parts of northern england, but big gaps in the cloud. our temperatures around nine in cardiff, eight in belfast, nine there for glasgow and edinburgh. so expect those showers across

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hello from the bbc sport centre. a century from saud shakeel has given pakistan 3 first innings lead on the on the second day of the final test against england in rawalpindi. the hosts resumed on 73—3, 194 runs behind. though the pitch still showed plenty of turn, with rehan ahmed taking three wickets and two more for shoab bashir, saud stood firm. 72 runs in his century came from singles. hello from the bbc sport centre. a century from saud shakeel has given pakistan a first innings lead on the on the second day of the final test against england in rawalpindi. the hosts resumed on 73—3, 194 runs behind. though the pitch still showed plenty of turn, with rehan ahmed taking three wickets and two more for shoab bashir, saud stood firm. 72 runs in his century came from singles. he's on 126, putting on a really useful partnership for the ninth wicket. pakistan are currently 321—8. they have really upped the run rate in this final session. the series is all square at 1—1. that you that you don't win. but we have to take t

hello, welcome to the bbc sport centre. let's start with the european champions league, five—time winners barcelona will hold six time champions bayern munich with both teams on three points after two games. eitherside on three points after two games. either side could be in danger of dropping out of the top 24. bayern munich have won eight of the past matches against barcelona. and the site will be hoping they can respond after a disappointing defeat to aston villa. after a disappointing defeat to aston villa-— aston villa. the duel is between _ aston villa. the duel is between the _ aston villa. the duel is between the two - aston villa. the duel is l between the two teams, aston villa. the duel is - between the two teams, the 11 players on the pitch and the ideas are very clear, and we will have to see which team is able to win the game. liverpool are in germany _ able to win the game. liverpool are in germany to _ able to win the game. liverpool are in germany to face - able to win the game. liverpool are in germany to

, and for a full round of from the bbc sport centre, hearest tanya. nice to see you.e start with football and the news that ruben amorim is expected to be appointed as manchester united's new manager. however, bbc sport understands he is unlikely to join the club until after next month's international break. amorim spoke briefly at a press conference today, where he said there would be clarification after his current club, sporting, played their match on friday. it's a negotiation between two clubs. it's never easy, even with the clauses, is never easy, they have to talk, and we will have quite a few questions after the game. it will be very clear. it is one more day. after the game tomorrow, we will have the decision made. while they wait for amorim, united's caretaker manager, ruud van nistelrooy, made quite an impression in his first match. he oversaw a 5—2 victory over leicester city to secure a place in the quarterfinals of the league cup. on his own future, van nistlerooy is happy to return to his substantive role! as an assistant, i came here to help the club f

hello from the bbc sport centre. i'm hugh ferris. pakistan haven't won a home test match in 10 attempts but they've completely dominated the opening day of the first game of their series against england. after winning the toss in multan pakistan batted first and have batted very well despite losing an early wicket. since then captain shan masood and abdullah shafique have both made centuries. on their last visit two years ago it was england who hit more than 500 runs on the opening day of the series. but this time it's pakistan who are on top. here's the latest score from multan with not much left of day one. shan is onto 150. with shafique out on 102. follow the closing stages on the bbc sport website or on the radio if you're in the uk. 261-2 is 261—2 is the latest. most were expecting the match at villa park to deliver the premier league drama of the day on sunday buy after the goalless draw between aston villa and underperforming manchester united it was actually the game between brighton and tottenham that made the headlines, wi

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.comam at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. on the whole, wednesday was a cloudy day for most of us, but there were a favoured few spots where we saw some sunshine. aberdeenshire, one of them, and also powis in wales, where we saw some lovely sunshine — temperatures peaked at 17 celsius. but for thursday, it's going to be another cloudy day. quite a murky start as well, but we keep that mild theme to close out the month of october. and that is because high pressure stays with us, and the winds very light indeed across england and wales, more isobars to the north, stronger winds in scotland, and this weather front running across the top. that will introduce a little bit more in the way of rain as we go through the day across the northern isles. a windy scenario here — gusts, perhaps close to 50 miles an hour. more in the way of cloud across the far northwest, but we will be chasing cloud amounts around. if you get some sunshine, temperatures will respond, and through the afternoon

— and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin.m the bbc sport centre. two results so far from tuesday's champins league. ac milan have their first win of the competition after a 3—1 win at home to belgian side bruges. and monaco have gone top of the 36—team league for now after beating serbia's red star belgrade 5—1. plenty of other games to tell you about, arsenal have gone 1-0 you about, arsenal have gone 1—0 up against shakhtar donetsk. giving arsenal the lead, the only other goal so far in those matches is sporting lisbon 1—0 up. all the other results on your screen as we speak. the sports for a slimmed—down 2026 commonwealth games have been announced — with badminton and hockey being dropped, as the programme of 19 sports is cut to ten. glasgow, in scotland, stepped in to host the games after the australian state of victoria pulled out because of rising costs. the stripped—back schedule of ten sports includes athletics and swimming as mandatory — but will also feature track cycling and boxing. the games were last held in glas

hello from the bbc sport centre. the sports for a slimmed down 2026 commonwealth hames have been announced — with badminton and hockey being dropped as the programme of 19 sports are cut to ten. glasgow in scotland stepped in to host the games after the australian state of victoria pulled out because of rising costs. the stripped—back schedule of ten sports includes athletics and swimming as mandatory — but will also feature track cycling and boxing. the games were last held in glasgow in 2014 at a cost of over £540 million. this time around, hockey, cricket, rugby, badminton and squash are among the sports that have been dropped. we have two core sports, athletics and swimming, so that we are working with a bit of a mixture of sports, so we have been working very closely with them to make sure that sports not only programme know that this is just for this games. one of our ambitions as a movement is to take the commonwealth games around the commonwealth, that is fantastic that glasgow has put up their hand to help u

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello.most of the uk with some pleasant sunshine. however, the morning could look like this, particularly across southern and central areas of england. mist and fog really quite thick in places, but the fog shouldn't last. it will clear later in the morning, and thanks to the position of this area of high pressure and our southerly winds, it'll feel pleasant in that sunshine. and i think the mild air is here to stay at least until thursday. beyond that, somewhat cooler air will arrive off the atlantic. so the short term then, that fog forming across southern and south—eastern parts of england into east anglia, lincolnshire and further north into the vale of york. but i think it's in the south—east and east anglia, where the fog will be thickest, possibly visibilities as low as 100m or less, elsewhere, clearer skies. and this is the forecast for 8:00 in the morning, and the temperatures typically around nine or ten celsius. so once that fog eventually clears away and it may take time, it may

bbc sport app.the sportsday team, goodbye. hello. a lot going on with our weather right now. we're going to see some heavy downpours for the next couple of days, then it will turn colder. we've got low pressure in charge — you can see areas of clouds circulating around that. there's also another deep area of low pressure in the mix. this is ex—hurricane kirk — this will stay to the south of us, but it will essentially join forces with our low. some heavy downpours over the next couple of days, then the whole lot shifts eastwards, leaving us with northerly winds and something significantly colder. but in the short—term for tuesday, still relatively mild, actually, with a mix of some sunshine, yes, but also some really heavy, thundery downpours. a band of cloud and rain moving slowly northwards across the far north of england, northern ireland, into southern scotland — some parts of southeast scotland looking very wet, indeed. northern scotland seeing a fair amount of cloud, it'll be windy, some spots

and you can get all of the sports news at bbc sport and the bbc sport website. was quite a bit of sunshine across england and wales on sunday, but it was shoeburyness in essex that was the sunniest spot, managing 8.5 hours of sunshine, with those sunny skies extended up the eastern coast of england here in robin hood's bay looking absolutely glorious. further west, we had cloud thicken and outbreaks of rain moved into northern ireland, west scotland and the isle of man, which was the wettest place in the country. a lot of cloud streaming across the atlantic at the moment. that is all coming our way on these west to southwesterly winds, dragging in some pretty mild air, but bringing us weather fronts as well. and so, at the moment, we do have outbreaks of rain pushing eastwards across the uk. one or two heavy bursts mixed in with that and a lot of low clouds. there will be some mist and fog patches around our western coast and up over the high ground too. these are the kind of temperatures starting off monday morning — ii to 14 degrees for most. it is going to be

hello from the bbc sport centre. the sports for a slimmed down 2026 commonwealth games have been announced, with badminton and hockey being dropped as 19 sports are cut to 10. glasgow stepped in to host the games after the australian state of victoria pulled out because of rising costs. the stripped—back programme of ten sports includes athletics and swimming as mandatory, but will also feature track cycling and boxing. the games were last held in glasgow in 2014 at a cost of over £540 million. this time around, hockey, cricket, rugby, badminton and squash are among the sports that have been dropped. the events will take place across four locations in the city. we have two core sports, athletics and swimming, so that i was a bit of a mixture of sports, so we have been working very closely with them to make sure that sports not only programme know that this is just for this games. one of our ambitions as a movement is to take the commonwealth games around the commonwealth, that is fantastic that glasgow has put up the

don�*t forget to get your votes in via the bbc sport website or app. win at sankt polten in austria. alessia russo was on the scoresheet for arsenal in a 4—1victory over valerenga in their first game since jonas eidevall resigned. and bayern munich, you can see there, made it two wins out of two for the season�*s competition with three points atjuventus. england had a tough day in the second test against pakistan. they bowled them out for 366 in their first innings, but then collapsed in theirs, despite a century from ben duckett. he was one of four wickets for sajid khan as they slid from 211—2 to 225—6 at the close on day two. alex hartley was there for test match special and spoke to my colleague 0lly foster about khan�*s brilliant spell. i�*ve actually got his figures written on my hand, or the passage of play that he did. he got 4—11; in 18 balls. i was writing that down furiously, when he was just tearing through england�*s middle order. look, he was fantastic today. he�*s not played test cricket since 2021, so i guess he�*ll have a point to prov

hello from the bbc sport centre. i'm hugh ferris. 10 attempts but they've completely dominated the opening day of the first game of their series against england. after winning the toss in multan pakistan batted first and have batted very well despite losing an early wicket. since then captain shan masood and abdullah shafique have both made centuries. on their last visit two years ago it was england who hit more than 500 runs on the opening day of the series. but this time it's pakistan who are on top. here's the latest score from multan with not much left of day one. shan is onto 150. with shafique out on 102. follow the closing stages on the bbc sport website or on the radio if you're in the uk. 261-2 is 261—2 is the latest.

the world who help contribute to a more sustainable future through sport. the bbcced in just a few minutes time on the bbc�*s one show. 0ur sports correspondent katie gornall is on the green carpet. katie, we don't know the athlete of the year yet, but tell us about the other winners? this is the third year at these awards are taken place with that they started back in 2022. it's a who's who of green sport and activism here in london. four of the awards have already been revealed the world athlete of the year has been one by the australian race walker and bronze medallist with up she's been very outspoken in terms of environmental activism and greenwashing for that he was one of 14 athletes who signed an open letter to the ioc urging them to drop toyota as a sponsor for the olympics. grassroots organisation of 0lympics. grassroots organisation of the year, which is been won by a bristol based charity pledged for for that they do great work in terms of encouraging fans to think about and reduce their carbon footprint world athletics has been named elite organisation

let's head to the bbc sport centre for a full round—up with you ferris. hello to you.ester united have started their search for a new manager after sacking erik ten hag and could well already be honing in on a target. the club have only registered three premier league wins all season so far and have put first team coach ruud van nistelrooy in temporary charge. ten hag won a trophy in each of his two full seasons in charge, but his position has been the subject of considerable speculation for almost all that time. despite beating manchester city to claim the fa cup in may, their eighth—place finish was their worst in the premier league, but united decided to give him a contract extension anyway. it camejust 116 it came just 116 days ago, and the club then went on to back him with another raft of summer signings, taking the total spend under him beyond half £1 billion. just before noon today, we got that statement saying that erik ten hag will no longer be the manchester united first team manager. they went on to say they were grateful to the two the mystic trophies duri

hello from the bbc sport centre. erik ten hag has been sacked as manager of manchester united.ier league with just three wins from their opening nine matches. the club released a statement saying: bbc sport�*s katie gornall was outside old trafford with more. i think the writing has been on the wall for some time for erik ten hag and there has been speculation around his position at various points in the summer and the season as well. in the summer, his position was questioned after united finished eighth in the league table, but the hierarchy decided that united�*s performance in the fa cup final, winning it against city, was enough to keep him on and he was rewarded with a one—year contract extension. he was also supported in the transfer market as well with nearly £200 million spent on new players. at the start of this season has been very poor. there was speculation he could have left in the last international break but they kept him on and now united sit 1ath in the premier league, just one win in their past eight games in all competitions. they have not won in europe now

you can follow it on the bbc sport website and bbc sport app.o celine dion during her constant residency. the two singers shared an emotional hug. that was a venue originally built for celine dion's residency. rumour has it, she ended by calling her my heart will go on. hello, there. for most of us, we have had a fine, dry sunday, but wind and rain has been pushing into scotland and northern ireland. it's a couple of weather fronts which will tend to get squeezed out in the week ahead, certainly on monday, as high pressure begins to build in, and for much of this upcoming week, it's going to be dry. a lot of cloud around, with limited sunshine. we could see some misty, foggy mornings, as well, from wednesday onwards. so, these weather fronts have brought outbreaks of rain to scotland and northern ireland. they will spread to all areas tonight, tending to become lighter and patchier as it moves northwards and eastwards, and there will be more of a breeze for england and wales, lighter winds across scotland, but we usher in some milder air by the

more on that story on the bbc sport website. now decide the winner. you ? can vote at bbc.com/womensfootball. today, we hearfrom usa and san diego wave's naomi girma. she won olympic gold at paris 202a and, in the last year, has established herself as one of the best defenders in the world. girma also helped usa lift the concacaf gold cup in march and has won the nwsl shield and challenge cup with her club. my mom says that at the world cup last year, at the olympics this year, she was like, "i can't believe we're here!" i'm like, "me neither." i'm honoured to be up for this award, and to be a defender on there, i think, is really cool, just to shine some light on the position. we play a big part. you're always doing things for the team. you know, you're working with your backline, you're trying to organise the line in front of you, and there's that camaraderie in the back, that, like, "yeah, just grind it out." and i think without that piece, it's really hard to win. my parents were both born in ethiopia and my dad came as a re

website and your bbc sport app, thatis website and your bbc sport app, that is all the sport for me.o for the next few hours we could see some really intense thundery downpours developing, moving out of south west england and wales, up into the midlands and the north of england. they will continue to push their way steadily northwards during the early hours of thursday morning, further showers tucking into the southwest, with the cloud and the showers around we keep double digits. a slightly cooler start into scotland. so first thing tomorrow morning we've got that rain through northern ireland, northern england drifting towards the scottish borders. this is the dividing line. we've got this cool northeasterly flow developing in scotland, a little bit quieter and drier here but not quite as mild. further south, plenty of frequent showers. again, we can't rule out the odd rumble of thunder, but in the sunnier moments it will still be pleasantly warm for this stage of the year. now, i'm sure you've heard us talking about hurricane kirk and the impact that that's going to have across th

you can go to the bbc sport website for a reaction to the america's cup. 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 former 0ne direction member since his death. the singer died on wednesday after falling from a balcony on the third floor of a hotel in argentina. his father, geoff payne, is in buenos aires and has been reading letters and messages left by fans. let's speak to chris madden, a psychotherapist who specialises in the music industry. we don't know the exact details on what happened to liam but we do know that he struggled with addiction and of course, he found them very —— he found fame very young. when it comes to the music industry, many artists struggle with early fame. , ., ., , artists struggle with early fame. , ., ., ., ., fame. they do. the last area of the brain _ fame. they do. the last area of the brain to _ fame. they do. the last area of the brain to fully _ fame. they do. the last area of the brain to fully mature - fame. they do.

keep across them on the bbc sport website, but for now, that's it from me.head injuries in sport there. families of footballers who died from chronic traumatic encepholopathy have written an open letter to the uk government, saying it should be compulsory for anyone who s played contact sport to be checked for the disease when they die. cte is linked to repetitive head trauma and can cause mood changes and aggression. our sports correspondent natalie pirks has been speaking to some of the widows affected. kevin bird was a mansfield town legend. a no—nonsense defender who played for the stags a50 times. loved, loved football. thought he was a really lucky man to play football for a living. 12 years ago, sue started to notice changes in her husband. diagnosed with alzheimer's and depression, he'd gone from a loving granddad... come to mummy, come to mummy. ..to snappy and aggressive. it all came to a head on new year's eve in 2019, when kevin attacked sue — but couldn't remember. i said to him, i've got to go to a&e, you'll have to come with me. i sat him on a

hello, and welcome to sportsday from the bbc sport centre. england and their interim manager in finland, but despite victory in the uefa nations league, uncertainty remains. australia edge out india to seal their place in the semifinals of the women's t20 cricket world cup. and kenya's ruth chepng'etich breaks the marathon world record, after a day to remember in chicago. welcome along — thank you forjoining us. after a shock defeat to greece last week, england and their interim manager lee carsley delivered the result they needed, with a 3—1win over finland in the uefa nations league on sunday. 0ur football reporter alex howell was watching in helsinki. it was a good night for england here in helsinki as they beat finland 3—1 in the nation's league game here this evening. goals came from jack grealish, trent alexander—arnold and declan rice and it really eased the pressure on the team and in particular lee carsley, the interim coach, following that defeat by greece at wembley on thursday. as soon as the game finished, talk went back to matte

hello from the bbc sport centre.'s now five games in a row without a win for manchester united, but they didn't lose. it was goalless at fifth placed aston villa. united riding their luck at times but also creating a couple of good chances. captain bruno fernandes rattling the crossbar with the freekick. the point does nothing for united's league position, they stay in 14th, and that is unlikely to quiten the specualtion around erik ten hag's position. with the international break starting, united don't play again for a fortnight, it was also a draw at stamford bridge. chelsea coming from behind in an ill tempered match against nottingham forest who took the lead through chris wood, only for none madueke to equalise. james ward browse was sent off for forest for a deliberate handball and there was also an altercation between a dozen players after an incident involving marc cuccurella, he was one of seven chelsea players booked. brighton kick off take on tottenham at home in next 15 minutes. spurs are on a run of five

stay across all those results on the bbc sport website.6 in the west country derby at the rec. bath had played two and won two but debutant santiago grondona scored two of bristol's four first half tries as they secured the bonus point to lead 26—7 at the break. bath struck back with two tries in the second half but gabriel's 0grey�*s score for the bears saw bath leave withjust a bonus point to show for their efforts in the other premiership game, leicester tigers currently lead ——have beaten the newcastle falcons 42—10. anthony watson there scoring one of leicester's three tries. newcastle are bottom of the table, and yet to win this season. time for some of the day's other sport stories. spain's pedro acosta missed out on winning a sprint race in his debut season in motogp when he crashed with just four laps to go injapan. reigning champion francesco bagnaia won to cut his gap wto championship leader jorge martin to 15 points after the spaniard finished fourth. fresh from becoming world road race champion last weekend, tadej pogacar has

lots more on the bbc sport website.he was standing down because it had become clear that intense commentary around her position risked becoming a distraction to the government's vital work of change. with me now is our political correspondent harry farley. bring us up to date. so gray has resigned, there is a wider shake—up of downing street staff going on this afternoon. these are people we don't normally hear about, they are not politicians, they are staff and adviser behind the screen —— vaccine. beforejoining keir starmer�*s team as the chief of staff when he was the leader of the opposition. before the election she was a long—time civil servant, she authored the report into the previous prime minister's borisjohnson's parties. part of her role was giving the party up to speed for government and she was the chief of staff when keir starmer went and moved into downing street a few weeks ago and already we're having this major shake—up of that staffing operation. so gray is she will now be their prime minister's envoy

hello from the bbc sport centre. will look to continue their unbeaten start under coach craig bellamy when they take on montenegro in the nations league in cardiff this evening. bellamy is in the process of instilling an adventurous new style, which so far has resulted in two draws and a win. they are a good team and truly difficult to prepare for because they won't leave the space and you are able to go and attack but on the counter due to players not coming back they are dangerous again so we have to really control the game with the ball. we need to control the tempo of the game because if you do not, they have a lot of players who are very much into the transitional part of the game who come alive. the nigerian football team say they will boycott their africa cup of nations qualifier in libya after being stranded and locked in an airport overnight over 100 miles away from their destination. the super eagles were due to land in benghazi on sunday but their plane was instead diverted to al abraq. their captain willi

here is bbc sport africa's emmanuel akindubuwa.ntry'sminister of sport instructed the nigerian football federation to over the weight the team was treated, 16 hours they were stranded at the airport. there is no way the team will be in the right physical condition to play the game. according to rules, they should expect the host team should expect the host team should welcome them and provide them the necessary welfare. the federation of african football has stepped in, it has opened investigations and directed its disciplinary committee to look into the concerns raised by both teams, both have the concerns. they will come up with a position on this but now we can confirm the nigerian team are coming back to their country and the game will not grow. new zealand secured a semifinal place at the women's t20 world cup with a 54—run win over pakistan in theirfinal group match in dubai. the white ferns won the toss and batted first, reaching iio for six thanks to 28 from opening batter suzie bates. amelia kerr swept up the pakistan tail

hello from the bbc sport centre. we're starting with football and paul pogba's four—year ban for a doping offence has been reduced to 18 months after winning his appeal to the court of arbitration for sport sources close to thejuventus midfielder told bbc sport pogba can resume training injanuary and that he'll be eligible to play from march. the france international was suspended in february after a drugs test found elevated levels of testosterone — a hormone that increases endurance — in his system. pogba previously said he would "never knowingly or deliberately" dope and believed the original verdict was "incorrect". next, some potentially huge news for the transfer market because the highest court in the european union has said fifa's transfer rules break the eu's laws. the ruling comes after a long—running legal battle between the former chelsea and arsenal midfielder lassana diarra and fifa — who'd refused to provide diarra with an international transfer certificate for a proposed move to the belgian club charle

more on the bbc sport website, but that is the sport for now.tion. five days to go and both candidates targeting key battleground states as they make their final appeal to voters. kamala harris has made stops in north carolina, pennsylvania and here in wisconsin. polls show there is little separating the vice president and donald trump. here is the present campaigning in green bay, wisconsin after an early rally in north carolina. let's get more from nick bryant, former bbc us correspondent who published a book this year on the political polarisation of us called the forever war, america's and ending conflict with itself. clearly donald trump has an advantage on the paramount issue for american voters which issue for american voters which is the economy. a lot of nostalgia for the trump economy and people think you will do a betterjob of running it and another issue which favours him is immigration and that has been a problematic issue for the blinded administration and a problem for kamala harris but she has a couple of issues that help her. on

you can follow that on the bbc sport website. and that's all the sport for now.these are the live pictures over beirut and we have seen more strikes on the lebanese capital today. huge blasts overnight quite close to the airport. with reports israel was going after the new leader of hezbollah. and also strikes in beirut yesterday with the israeli military saying they are still assessing the damage of the strikes on the damage of the strikes on the hezbollah�*s intelligence headquarters. a major road out of lebanon was struck overnight, which the israeli military says was being used to transport weapons — the israeli military accused hezbollah of using the crossing to transport military equipment into lebanon. bbc verify has been looking at footage, and the importance of this route to thousands of people fleeing the fighting. richard irvine—brown has more. videos have showed damage following the strike at the border crossing and you can see it spans the width of the road rendering it impossible for vehicles. this is a key route between beirut and damascus and this

just a reminder you can get more on all those stories on the bbc sport website.there is formula one qualifying to come in mexico later. that's all from sportsday. hello there. skies will tend to clear overnight and that will allow temperatures to drop. so it's a chillier start for part two of the weekend. but we should see more sunshine around, certainly for england and wales. but even eastern scotland however western scotland, northern ireland will start to see more wind and rain pushing in. i think for all areas after the cool start, it's going to be a little bit chillier than we've had the last few days. so as we head into saturday evening, this weather front, which has brought wet and windy weather to scotland and northern ireland, will sink southwards across england and wales as we move through the course of the night, but you'll notice it fizzles out as it does so there'll be barely anything on it by the time it reaches south wales and southern england. a few blustery showers for western scotland. otherwise it's dry with clear skies, lighterwinds. it'll tur

hello and welcome to sportsday from the bbc sports centre. i am chetan pathak.g? and manchester united now win five after a goalless draw at aston villa. red roses in bloom — unstoppable england score nine tries, beating the world champions, new zealand, for the third time in a row. and breathe — tyrrell hatton survives a late scare to secure a record third alfred dunhill links champion title at st andrews. welcome along. thank you forjoining us.