sport now, and time for a full round up from the bbc sport centre.he action is under way at the london stadium for the world championships. the noise hasjust

time to cross to the bbc sport centre now for sportsday. i'm olly foster, welcome to the london stadium, this is world athletics sportsday these are our headlines this evening. katerina johnson thompson hits a low in the highjump. she's up against it in the heptathlon. the evening session gets underway in the next half an hour. we are going to see usain bolt‘s final individual race in a major championships. and will mo farah make it back onto the track or has the 10000 meters taken it's toll? i'm katherine downes with the rest of the day's sports news for you live from the bbc sports centre. also coming up in the programme: england on top in the final test of the series against south africa — james anderson with four wickets at old trafford. and celtic burst into the new scottish premiership season with a 4—1 win over hearts. good evening, the london stadium is filling up, it is going to be another sell—out as it should be, we are going to see an historic race a little bit later on the second day. we are going to be looking ahead to usain b

that's it for now from the bbc sport centre.ening on the bbc news channel. we are back with the late news at 10:05pm. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. readers of alan judd's readers of alanjudd's spy stories first met charles thorogood when he was in the army, then a trainee in the secret service. i few years on, he has become chief of m16. he is top dog. but whitehall doesn't work like that. in deep blue, he spent is much of his time fighting theocracy as the enemies. welcome. it might be thought by some people that when you reach the top of the tree, that the secret world, you know everything, you are in charge. the hero discovers that many of the battles he is fighting are not with the other side or some terrorist group of something, but with people around him. yes, that is not peculiar to the secret world either. most organisations, maybe even the bbc, you devote a lot of your energies to problems within your organisation that stop you doing what you are there to do. that is pa rt what you are t

that's all from us here in the bbc sport centre.dium, the london stadium, and re—join olly. we are about ten minutes away from the action now. i can see some javelin thrower is warming up. the women are coming out for the 200—metre heat is a moment. we are at the halfway stage. we have been talking about this very much because the botswa nan sprinter talking about this very much because the botswanan sprinter isaac makwala has been kicked out of the 200. he has been kicked out of the 200. he has also been kicked out of the 400 final because of the norovirus. we will be keeping an eye on that to see whether he will turn up. everyone is pinning their hopes on him to do the double. six races and 60s. michaeljohnson is a man who dominated the 200 and 400. he is working for bbc sport and we spoke to him about him. you never know. with conditions. if he establishes a lead, he may start to pull back. you never know with the times. in times of google when, he is the favourite. but that is why we have a race, it is fun to predict but it is o

it is a big 24 hours for you and i was here that the bbc sport centre. bc sport centre. thank you forjoining us. the window shuts at iipm tomorrow evening. all the dt is —— details on the bbc‘s board website on bbc at. we're going to be talking about the whole nation is looking to secure their places in next summer's world cup. the england squad fly out to malta tomorrow for the first of their two world cup qualifiers. that match is on friday night before they face slovakia at wembley on monday — looking to secure top spot in group f. jermain defoe is one of the veterans in the squad now following wayne rooney's retirement from international football. defoe says the absence of the country's all—time leading goal—scorer will take some getting used to. for me, it feels strange because i was in the squad with wayne for a number of years. someone i got on well with. such a nice guy. humble. and nice to have around. good spirit. and a lot of experience. but, i mean, i have said it before, you have to respect his decision. in terms of international goals and re

let's go to the bbc sport centre to find out more. steve wyeth is in the bbc sport centre.ften, in fact it is not often until the draw is made that the real reality ofjust how competitive european football's .com petition as becomes apparent, and once again there are some tantalising ties to look forward to, not least the reigning champions real madrid. they might have anticipated a favourable door, but instead they look to be in the toughest group of the lot. they are joined by borussia dortmund and totte n ha m joined by borussia dortmund and tottenham hotspur. a mouthwatering licking group there. two of the most exciting teams in all of europe, manchester city and natalie, they have been drawn together in group f. those are two games that i will be looking out for. and liverpool, they will be satisfied with their return to the champions league group stage, because they have been paired with spartak moscow because they have been paired with spa rtak moscow and because they have been paired with spartak moscow and malabar, two of the lowest ranked teams in the competition.

sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sports centre with, i had to doa the bbc sports centre withith the up to. i like it! thank you, i have gone for something different this evening. the action is under way at the evening session at the world athletics championships in london, but before the competition started, there were a couple of gold medals awarded, and a notable contrast in crowd reaction at the london stadium for the athletes receiving them. 0lly foster is there for us. 0lly, we saw cheers for a british heroine, and then boos for the 100 metre champion. yes, we certainly did. justin gatlin who has served two doping bans down the years, one of them was an eight—year ban which was reduced to four, he also served a one—year ban backin four, he also served a one—year ban back in 2001. after the extraordinary 100 metre race when he w011 extraordinary 100 metre race when he won the world title 12 years after his last, and beating usain bolt into bronze. christian coleman taking silver in that race. there was a mixed reaction tojustin gatlin getting that medal. lord coe handed o

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bbc news, brussels. hello. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.world number seven, yohanna konta, out in the first round of the us 0pen losing to serbia's aleksandra krunic. in the men's draw, jo wilfried tsonga produces 38 winners as he sees off romania's marius copil. and barcelona show off their new signing, 0usmane demebele, who becomes the second—most expensive footballer in history. hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with the news that world number seven, yohanna konta, has been knocked out of the us open in the first round. the briton who was also seeded seventh had high hopes in the year's final grand slam in new york, having made the semi—finals at wimbledon just last month but 24—year—old serbian, aleksandra krunic, had other ideas. konta took the opening set but struggled in the next two as krunic, ranked 78th in the world, made itjust a second ever win

live from the bbc sport centre, this is sport today. a tough start to their defence for real madrid. unfinished business: zlatan ibrahimovic agrees to rejoin manchester united. and bowing out with a victory: four—time olympic champion mo farah wins his final race on the track. welcome to programme. the elite of european football now know who they'll face in the group stage of the champions league. they don't come much bigger than holders real madrid, who are part of what looks the toughest group. joining the spaniards in group h are german powerhouse borussia dortmund, and tottenham, runners—up in the premier league in may. monaco went all the way to the semi—finals last season,

live from the bbc sport centre, this is sport today.ing up: reaction to the champions league draw, including a tough start to their defence for real madrid. unfinished business: zlatan ibrahimovic agrees to rejoin manchester united. and bowing out with a victory: four—time olympic champion mo farah wins his final race on the track. welcome to programme. the elite of european football now know who they'll face in the group stage of the champions league. they don't come much bigger than holders real madrid, who are part of what looks the toughest group. joining the spaniards in group h are german powerhouse borussia dortmund, and tottenham, runners—up in the premier league in may. monaco went all the way to the semi—finals last season, as well as winning the french title, and they'rejoining in group cheaper champions league debutants, rb leipzig. manchester city and napoli look the favourites to qualify from group f, although city's director of football doesn't think it's quite that straight forward. they are always able to be a good team

there will be so much for you to keep the cross for the rest of the day at the bbc sports centre.now but you can find more on the bbc sport website. i'll have the latest on all of these moves in about an hour's time. see you then. the eu's chief negotiator says no substantial breakthrough has been made at the end of the third round of brexit talks. speaking at a joint news conference, the brexit secretary urged the eu to be "more imaginative and flexible" in its approach. but michel barnier said both parties remained far apart. translation: as i said before, time is pressing if we want to get what we want, which is a global agreement. at the current state of progress, we're quite far from being able to say that sufficient progress has taken place. sufficient for me to be able to recommend to the european council that it engage in discussions on the future relationship between the uk and the eu, at the same time as we would during the course of 2018 go on working on finalising the exit and withdrawal agreement. we remain committed to making as much progress as possible on these iss

let's crossed the bbc sports centre. stay. —— for sportsday. hello there.ster at the london stadium, this is world athletics sportsday, and this is what's coming up on the programme... it's going to be a farewell for farah. his last race for a global gold. will it the be a golden goodbye for bolt? it's the relay, then retirement. and, with six finals tonight, katarina johnson—thompson gets a second chance to make it onto the podium. i'm lizzie greenwood hughes. also coming up in the programme... the defeated champions — chelsea are beaten by burnley in their opening game of the season. but it's terrific for the terriers. promoted huddersfield beat crystal palace 3—0. good evening. and what an evening gets going to be on the ninth day of these world athletics championships, on the penultimate evening. two figureheads of atheltics will be leaving the sport tonight. 29 world championship and olympic golds between them. we have about three hours before usian bolt bows out of the sport, and in the next two hours, mo farah is due to cross the finish line in the 5

that's all from us here in the bbc sport centre.w to the london stadium, and re—join 0lly. more excitement? always. another packed night on the sixth day of. with the buzzing after seeing issac ma kwa la with the buzzing after seeing issac makwala qualify for the 200 metres semifinal. and we will show you that raise ina semifinal. and we will show you that raise in a moment. still plenty more to look forward to and we have been speaking about mo farah with christine 0huruogu. year three women qualifying also in the women's long jump. sara proctor —— shara proctor in beijing got a silver medal. she is hoping to relive some of those memories. jazmin sawyers, and lorraine ugen also going in that. still absolutely tipping down, that is what we can see there and very 5°99y is what we can see there and very soggy for the long jump over far side of the stadium. so shara proctor and coe will be hoping that they can nail a couple of decent distances to night to get through to the final. a couple of events up in the final. a couple of events

bbc news. hello, this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre.e us open defending women's champion angelique kerber is out after being beaten in the first round byjapan's naomi 0saka. arsenal reject a bid of $65 million from manchester city for chile forward alexis sanchez. and west indies batsman shai hope breaks records as his side beat england in a thrilling second test in leeds. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with tennis news from day two at the us open and the shocks keep on coming. defending women's champion angelique kerber has been beaten in the opening round by japan's new york raised naomi 0saka. the german's serve was broken with blistering returns like this from 0saka, who then went on to again break on match point and claim a 6—3, 6—1win and a first

bbc news website. it's all there for you — seven days a week. that's all from us. next up, it's sportsday. goodbye. hello and welcome to sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. on this programme: liverpool will take a 2—1 lead into next week's second leg of their champions league play—off against hoffenheim. maria sharapova will play at a grand slam for the first time since her drugs ban ended as she's given a wild card for this month's us open. and england and edgbaston preparing for their first day and night test match and trying to get to grips with the pink ball. —— pink ball. hello and welcome to the programme. let's start with the champions league this evening. five—time european cup winners liverpool will take a 2—1 lead into next wednesday's second leg at home against hoffenheim. it will continue living liverpool? jurgen klopp has two deal with this tonight. so me and eight —— suddenly they. alexandr other was not the obvious choice to step up, but he was magnificent on his debut. the road to victory is never smooth, and liverpool should have had more goals, both before and after half—time. although they would get a second, thanks to james milner‘s d

bbc news. that is it from me. it is time for the sports news in sport today. hello, i'm andrew lindsay and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.on — it's another world 100—metres win for the usa. glory for the home nation at euro 2017 — the netherlands are crowned women's football champions. and matsuyama's "brilliant 61" gives him the bridgestone invitational — on the final day. welcome to the programme. for the second night in succession, the 100—metres final delivered a shock in london. 24 hours afterjustin gatlin beat usain bolt, the women's race went to an americanm over the fancied jamaican. no medalfor elaine thompson — tori bowie won gold. here's ben croucher. after a ll after all the headlines in the men's 100 metres, sunday of was the turn of the women. thompson was favourite but

bbc news. time now for all the sports news in sport today. hello, i'm tulsen tollett, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.scores as real madrid win the spanish super cup against barcelona 5—1 on aggregate. celtic put five past fc astana, as they all but secure a place in the group stage of the champions league. and kei nishikori is the latest player to rule himself out until next year after tearing a tendon in his right wrist. hello, and welcome to the programme. lots to get through. we start with the news that real madrid have beaten barcelona to win the spanish super cup, the annual preseason showdown between the league champions and the copa del rey winners. madrid led 3—1 from last week's first leg in barcelona, and the second leg was only four minutes old when marco asensio extended their overall lead. just before half—time, karim benzema made it 2—0 on the night, and that completed a 5—1 aggregate victory for the champions. it's the 10th time real madrid have won the spanish super cup and it's their fourth trophy of 2017. celtic were the night's big winners in the uefa champions league.

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.me: 0ne last hurrah, as usain bolt arrives in london for his last—ever meet, the world athletics championships. thomas muller and co left with plenty to think about, as german champions bayern munich are beaten 3—0 at home by liverpool. and six years after a crash that left him with a partially severed arm, robert kubica continues his bid for a formula 1 return. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the fastest man in history, a runner who has eight 0lympic golds and holds the 100m and 200m world records. but usain bolt‘s glittering career is coming to an end. he will run his last ever 100m race at the world athletics championships in london on saturday, and then his final sprint relay a week later. as he prepares for retirement, he has been speaking to our sports editor dan roan. the world's fastest man is about to say farewell, but usain bolt remains the star attraction.

hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.erning body of "sabotage" after being excluded from the 400 metres final. defending champion wayde van niekerk does run though and eases to victory. and real madrid retain the european super cup with a 2—1 win over manchester united. hello there and welcome to the programme. lots to get through. and it's the world athletics championships in london where we start. a real story has been brewing in regards to botswana's issac makwala who was forced to withdraw from the 400 metre final after he was diagnosed with a norovirus bug. we will have more on that shortly. olympic champion wayde van niekerk retained his world title in the olympic stadium, and ben croucher rounds up day five. with the absence making headlines outside the stadium,

live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: isaac makwala accuses the world athletics governing body of "sabotage" after being excluded from the 400 metres final. defending champion wayde van niekerk does run though and eases to victory. and real madrid retain the european super cup with a 2—1 win over manchester united. hello there and welcome to the programme. lots to get through. and it's the world athletics championships in london where we start. a real story has been brewing in regards to botswana's issac makwala who was forced to withdraw from the 400 metre final after he was diagnosed with a norovirus bug. we will have more on that shortly. olympic champion wayde van niekerk retained his world title in the olympic stadium, and ben croucher rounds up day five. with the absence making headlines outside the stadium, the south african world recordholder was not at his best in the final. but still more than good enough to breeze through the race. it looked like there was only one winner. the 0lymp

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: liverpool hammer arsenal 4—0 in the english premier league, moving up to second in the table. lewis hamilton wins the belgian grand prix reducing sebastian vettel‘s championship lead to seven points. and dustinjohnson wins the first of the season ending fed ex cup play off events, the northern trust open, in a play—off againstjordan speith. hello, and welcome to the programme, where we start with football news and in the english premier league liverpool produced a dazzling attacking display at anfield to beat arsenal 4—0. two goals in either half forjurgen klopp's side moves them second in the table, two points adrift of leaders manchester united. first—half efforts from roberto firmino and sadio mane put the home side in a strong position at half time at a ground that hasn't been kind to arsenal in recent years. mohammad salah compounded the gunners woes when he struck a third and daniel sturridge added a fourth. but more importantly for klopp, perhaps, i

welcome along to sportday live from the bbc sport centre. 0n the way tonight. n reach another rugby world cup final with victory over france . celtic sweat in kazakhstan — beaten, but into the champions league group stage. and the bbc understands the england women's coach mark sampson is given the backing of the fa. hello and welcome. their impressive run continues. england's women have reached their fifth straight rugby world cup final after victory over france in belfast tonight. their 20 points to three win sets up a showdown with the world's best new zealand on saturday. kathrine downes is live in belfast tonight. job done tonight? job done tonight? it is job done but what a job. 20—3. it looks like an easy win but it was not easy. i spoke to the captain sarah hunter and she said it was very, very hard. a lot of bruised bodies in the england and french dressing rooms i am sure. after half the scores, 3—3 on the board. just a penalty each in it. two kicks and six points on the board and after half—time, england just managed to injure head with a try by the pr

hello, i'm gavin ramjaun and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: liverpool are into the group stages of the champions league. they won convincingly over hoffenheim. and the victory means five english sides will compete in the groups for the first time. wayne rooney calls time on his england football career, announcing his retirement from the national team. he departs as the country's record goalscorer. and the fight of the year edges closer. we hearfrom both mayweather and mcgregor as they square up for theirfinal press conference in las vegas. welcome to the programme. liverpool are through to the group stage of the uefa champions league. jurgen klopp‘s side got the better of hoffenheim at anfield. liverpool were 2—1 up from the first leg in germany, and early goals from emre can and mohamed salah in the first 20 minutes extended their overall lead. can then scored his second of the match to make it 3—0 on the night, before mark uth pulled one backjust before half—time. mid—way through the second—half, liverpool's rober

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.hammer arsenal 4—0 in the english premier league, moving up to second in the table. lewis hamilton wins the belgian grand prix reducing sebastian vettel‘s championship lead to seven points. and dustinjohnson wins the first of the season ending fed ex cup play off events, the northern trust 0pen, in a play—off againstjordan speith. hello, and welcome to the programme, where we start with football news and in the english premier league liverpool produced a dazzling attacking display at anfield to beat arsenal 4—0. two goals in either half forjurgen klopp's side moves them second in the table, two points adrift of leaders manchester united. first—half efforts from roberto firmino and sadio mane put the home side in a strong position at half time at a ground that hasn't been kind to arsenal in recent years. mohammad salah compounded the gunners woes when he struck a third and daniel sturridge added a fourth.

and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: barcelona want a piece of neymar again. this time, they are sueing the brazilian for millions over alleged breach of contract. england will face a showdown with new zealand in the women's world cup final thanks to a hard—fought victory over france. and a former olympic cross country skiing champion has her ban extended for using steroids in her lip balm. welcome to the programme. barcelona are suing neymar for at least ten million dollars for alleged breach of contract. barca are demanding he return the loyalty bonus paid after he renewed his deal with the catalan side in october last year. that was before he left for paris st germain earlier this month in a world record transfer worth $261 million. the club is also chasing an additional 10% in interest payments for a delay in payment. in a statement the club said: "barcelona have taken these actions in defence of their interests, after neymar‘s contract was rescinded just a few months after he signed on un

hello, i'm gavin ramjaun and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.rpool are into the group stages of the champions league. they won convincingly over hoffenheim. and the victory means five english sides will compete in the groups for the first time. wayne rooney calls time on his england football career, announcing his retirement from the national team. he departs as the country's record goalscorer. and the fight of the year edges closer. we hearfrom both mayweather and mcgregor as they square up for theirfinal press conference in las vegas. welcome to the programme. liverpool are through to the group stage of the uefa champions league. jurgen klopp's side got the better of hoffenheim at anfield. liverpool were 2—1 up from the first leg in germany, and early goals from emre can and mohamed salah in the first 20 minutes extended their overall lead. can then scored his second of the match to make it 3—0

bbc news, nairobi. with all the sport, here's lizzie greenwood—hughes at the bbc sport centre. thanks very much.opening weekend of the new premier league season and a few surprising results. match of the day follows the news so if you don't want to know what happened, you know what to do. chelsea had a nightmare start to their title defence. two men sent off and defeat to burnley at stamford bridge. new club captain gary cahill was shown a straight red early in the first half but burnley were ruthless, sam vokes scoring twice in their 3—2 win. i don't think many would have given us i don't think many would have given usa i don't think many would have given us a chance today, we came here with the game plan, we have to with some of his clubs but that sending off makes a difference but i was pleased with the way we responded, we got some very good goals. we were not expecting this but i was pleased with the mentality of the players and we saw that through. it is a fantastic three points. newly—promoted huddersfield town are top of the table, thanks to a 3—nil win at crysal palace. their record sig

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.oth score centuries, as england hold the upper hand after the first day of the opening test against west indies. there was a shock defeat for ajax in the europa league play—offs, but first—leg wins for milan and everton. and victoria azarenka will miss the us open because she is not willing to leave her child at home in california. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the cricketing news that england are well on top after the opening day of the first test against west indies at edgbaston. the match is the first ever day—night test to be played in the uk, and the first involving england, and it saw alastair cook and skipperjoe root rescue their side after a slow start and two quick wickets, both scoring centuries

and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.again. this time, they are sueing the brazilian for millions over alleged breach of contract. england will face a showdown with new zealand in the women‘s world cup final thanks to a hard—fought victory over france. and a former olympic cross country skiing champion has her ban extended for using steroids in her lip balm. welcome to the programme. barcelona are suing neymar for at least ten million dollars for alleged breach of contract. barca are demanding he return the loyalty bonus paid after he renewed his deal with the catalan side in october last year. that was before he left for paris st germain earlier this month in a world record transfer worth $261 million. the club is also chasing an additional 10% in interest payments for a delay in payment.

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.record transfer fee of over $250 million, as neymar leaves barcelona for paris saint—germain. hosts the netherlands are through to the final of the women's euros at england's expense. and michelle wie fires a record eight under opening round to take a one—shot lead into the women's british open on friday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the news that was eventually set to happen. brazilian forward neymar has left barcelona and signed a five year deal with paris saint—germain for a world record fee of more than $250 million and the club have tweeted bem vindo or "welcome", in the players native portuguese language. it more than doubles the previous record which is what manchester united paid for paul pogba last year and the club has called a press conference for 1130 gmt on friday. neymar shirts will be on sale in the morning from 8:00 gmt

is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: justin thomas wins his first major title claiming the us pga championship in north carolina by two strokes. caster semenya defends her 800m title on the final day of the world athletics championships in london. and romelu lukaku scores twice for manchester united as they put four past a hapless west ham at old trafford. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the news that justin thomas in the past couple of hours has claimed the uspga championship at quail hollow in north carolina. the american was a two stroke winner on 8—under to win his first major title. some remarkable play on the last nine holes saw the 24—year—old from kentucky fire four birdies in a seven—hole stretch with one on the 10th that hung on the edge of the hole for what seemed like an eternity, before eventually dropping in. like magic. and despite bogeying the last on a day where the lead was held by five players at one stage he held enough of a lead to claim the wannam

more from the bbc sport centre later. now it‘s time for the papers.ging us to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are journalist and author sarfraz manzoor and laura hughes, political correspondent at the daily telegraph. for whom this is going to be quite an education. welcome to you both. tomorrow‘s front pages then. the daily mail dedicates its front page to sir bruce forsyth who has died aged 89. the paper says he had been unwell and died with his family at his side. the daily express also gives a full page to sir bruce. the sun called him the best—loved telly legend. the mirror alsojoins in commemorations for the entertainer dedicating seven pages in this edition to his legacy. the telegraph has a tribute but leads with the attacks in barcelona saying spanish security services have begun an extensive manhunt for the remaining killers. the times also leads with the as in spain with the news —— with the attacks in spain with the news that the police are focussing their efforts in north africa the guardian writes that terrorists ha

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: world number seven, yohanna konta, out in the first round of the us open losing to serbia's aleksandra krunic. in the men's draw, jo wilfried tsonga produces 38 winners as he sees off romania's marius copil. and barcelona show off their new signing, ousmane demebele, who becomes the second—most expensive footballer in history. hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with the news that world number seven, yohanna konta, has been knocked out of the us open in the first round. the briton who was also seeded seventh had high hopes in the year's final grand slam in new york, having made the semi—finals at wimbledon just last month but 24—year—old serbian, aleksandra krunic, had other ideas. konta took the opening set but struggled in the next two as krunic, ranked 78th in the world, made itjust a second ever win against a player ranked inside the top ten. i don't take anything for granted. i think it would be quite obnoxious of me to coming expecting that

hello, i'm gavin ramjaun and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.gramme: it's honours even in the first game at the etihad stadium in a fiery encounter between manchester city and everton. former england football star eni aluko speaks to us about her alleged racist treatment by the team. and former world number one victoria azarenka will miss the us 0pen. welcome to the programme. manchester city needed a late equaliser against everton in what turned out to be a fractious affair on a night to mark the victims of recent terror attacks. the match finished i—i. wayne rooney opened the scoring for the visitors in the first half, his 200th premier league goal. substitute raheem sterling saved the day for city, levelling with just eight minutes remaining. both sides had a man sent off. kyle walker on his home debut in the first half and everton's morgan schneiderlin saw red later on in the closing stages.

bbc news. that is it from me. hello, this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: la 2028.ames to come back to los angeles. four days before the start of the athletics world championships, london loses one of its stars of the track. and it took 100 matches but moeen ali is the first player to take a test hat—trick at the 0val as england win the third test against south africa. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the news that los angeles is set to be awarded the 2028 summer olympics and paralympics. they had been competing with paris for 202a. this means the french capital will almost certainly be the hosts before them. the president of la city council says los angeles will benefit financially from waiting four more years for the games. we have a few formalities left to do, like the city council, the body that i oversee, we've got to have a couple of hearings and approve

bbc news, luton. that's it from me for now. i will be back with newsday again tomorrow. tynemouth sport today. —— time now. good morning. i'm tulsen tollet. welcome to sport today, live from the bbc sport centread into next week's second leg of their champions league play—off against hoffenheim. real madrid prepare to face barcelona in the second leg of the spanish super cup minus cristiano ronaldo. and maria sharapova will play at a grand slam for the first time since her drugs ban ended as she's given a wild card for this month's us open. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with footballing news from the champions league play—off round. five—time european cup winners liverpool will take a 2—1 lead into next wednesday's second leg at home against hoffenheim. the german's were the better of the two teams early on as they created chances but missed a penalty when simon mignolet hardly had to move to make the save. liverpool then struck with trent alexander—arnold's wonderful free kick and a first goal for the local product who's been at the club since he was six. james milner‘s deflected curling shot saw his side score a second vital away goal. jurgen klopp wasn't completely happ

centre. they face 40 charges, including actual bodily harm and battery. time now for all the sports news in sport today. hello there i'm tulsen tollett. this is sport today, live from the bbc: justin thomas wins his first major title claiming the us pga championship in north carolina by two strokes. caster semenya defends her 800m title on the final day of the world athletics championships in london. and romelu lukaku scores twice for manchester united as they put four past a hapless west ham at old trafford. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the news that justin thomas in the past couple of hours has claimed the uspga championship at quail hollow in north carolina. the american was a two stroke winner on 8—under to win his first major title. some remarkable play on the last nine holes saw the 24—year—old from kentucky fire four birdies in a seven—hole stretch with one on the 10th that hung on the edge of the hole for what seemed like an eternity, before eventually dropping in. like magic.

hello, i am tulsen tollett, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: maria sharapova is through to the third round of the us open after a three set victory over timea babos. bangladesh secure a first ever test match win over australia, beating them by 20 runs in dhaka. and liverpool agree a deal with arsenal to sign england midfielder alex oxlade—chamberlain. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with a busy day three programme at the us open in new york. 87 matches are due to be played or completed on wednesday due to rain the day before. maria sharapova has successfully won her second round match against hungary's timea babos. after beating second seed simona halep on the opening day, the 30—year—old was a three set winner, having lost the opening set before responding. the russian is playing in herfirst appearance at a grand slam since she returned from a 15—month doping ban in april having been granted a wildcard entry. fourth seed elina svitolina is through to the second round. she lost six of nine tie—bre

hello, i am tulsen tollett, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. of the us open after a three set victory over timea babos. bangladesh secure a first ever test match win over australia, beating them by 20 runs in dhaka. and liverpool agree a deal with arsenal to sign england midfielder alex oxlade—chamberlain. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with a busy day three programme at the us open in new york. 87 matches are due to be played or completed on wednesday due to rain the day before. maria sharapova has successfully won her second round match against hungary's timea babos. after beating second seed simona halep on the opening day, the 30—year—old was a three set winner, having lost the opening set before responding. the russian is playing in herfirst appearance at a grand slam since she returned from a 15—month doping ban in april having been

coming from the bbc sports centre. coming up, a world record transfer fee as neymar is set to join paris st—germain from barcelona. gone before they get going — four time winners ajax fail to progress from the champions league qualifiers, losing to nice on away goals. and the flying swede sarah sjostrom bags another world record, this time at the world short course championships in moscow. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing story that has made news headlines all over on the world on wednesday, and that is that neymar is on the verge of moving from spanish giants barcelona to paris saint—germain. the 25—year—old brazilian international was given permission to leave training with barca and fly to france and begin talks with psg — under the condition that his release clause of 263 million dollars was met in full, and that transfer could be confirmed in the coming days. our sports news correspondent richard conway can bring us more from paris. neymar, as we know, is an incredible talent

ramjaun and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.start to their la liga campaign on an emotional night at the nou camp. team usa keep a steady hand on the solheim cup with a solid victory over europe to retain the trophy. and grigor dimitrov seals the biggest win of his career of the cincinnati masters. hello there and welcome to the programme. let's start with this evening's football. and emotions ran high in la liga before barcelona's match against real betis. tributes were paid to victims of thursday's terror attack in the city with the barca players wearing messages of solidarity on their shirts. in the match itself, the catalan side took the lead courtesy of alin tosca's own goal. sergi roberto got the second as barca won 2—0. and here's how the rest of the day's results panned out:

this is sport today, live from the bbc sports centre.ain from barcelona. gone before they get going — four time winners ajax fail to progress from the champions league qualifiers, losing to nice on away goals. and the flying swede sarah sjostrom bags another world record, this time at the world short course championships in moscow. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing story that has made news headlines all over on the world on wednesday, and that is that neymar is on the verge of moving from spanish giants barcelona to paris saint—germain. the 25—year—old brazilian international was given permission to leave training with barca and fly to france and begin talks with psg — under the condition that his release clause of 263 million dollars was met in full, and that transfer could be confirmed in the coming days. 0ur sports news correspondent richard conway can bring us more from paris.

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: alastair cook and joe root both score centuries, as england hold the upper hand after the first day of the opening test against west indies. there was a shock defeat for ajax in the europa league play—offs, but first—leg wins for milan and everton. and victoria azarenka will miss the us open because she is not willing to leave her child at home in california. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the cricketing news that england are well on top after the opening day of the first test against west indies at edgbaston. the match is the first ever day—night test to be played in the uk, and the first involving england, and it saw alastair cook and skipperjoe root rescue their side after a slow start and two quick wickets, both scoring centuries in a partnership that yielded 248 runs. cook remained unbeaten on 153, after root had won the toss and elected to bat in birmingham, as the home side closed on 348—3. always nice to get 100. but you kn

i am tulsen tollett, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.women's 0lympic 400—metre champion, shaunae miller—uibo, goes from gold to nothing in the space of 20 metres, as phyllis francis claims the world title. isaac makwala runs by himself, but he's through to the men's 200m final after the iaaf allow him to compete. and kay wilson scores four tries as england get their defence of the women's rugby world cup off to a flying start. hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with news from day six of the world athletics championships in london. botswana's isaac makwala found himself eligible to compete in the 200 metres after the iaaf allowed him to run a heat by himself after overcoming illness, while the last event of the night saw a gold lost in the last 20 metres, as colm harrison reports. the women's 400 metres final was seen the women's 400 metres final was seen as a the women's 400 metres final was seen as a showdown between the defending champion, alison phoenix,

ramjaun and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the show: barcelona make a winning start to their la liga campaign on an emotional night at the nou camp. team usa keep a steady hand on the solheim cup with a solid victory over europe to retain the trophy. and grigor dimitrov seals the biggest win of his career of the cincinnati masters. hello there and welcome to the programme. let's start with this evening's football. and emotions ran high in la liga before barcelona's match against real betis. tributes were paid to victims of thursday's terror attack in the city with the barca players wearing messages of solidarity on their shirts. in the match itself, the catalan side took the lead courtesy of alin tosca's own goal. sergi roberto got the second as barca won 2—0. and here's how the rest of the day's results panned out: champions real madrid won 3—0 in the late game, away at deportivo. gareth bale getting their season going with the first goal there. and the earlier game, athletic bilbao and getafe, finished goalless.

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.: wayde van niekerk misses out on the double as turkey's ramil guliyev takes victory over 200m. denmark's thorbjorn 0lesen is the joint clubhouse leader on four under after the opening round of the us pga championship. and roger federer is through to the quarter finals of the montreal masters as the build up to the us open continues. hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with news from day seven at the world athletics championships in london. it was an evening when south africa's wayde van niekerk was looking to add the 200m title to the 400m he had already won. although, he came up just short, as colm harrison reports. botswa na's makwala was botswana's makwala was the favourite but it was expected that wayde van niekerk or dutch michaeljohnson's

live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: it's honours even in the first game at the etihad stadium in a fiery encounter between manchester city and everton. former england football star eni aluko speaks to us about her alleged racist treatment by the team. and former world number one victoria azarenka will miss the us open. welcome to the programme. manchester city needed a late equaliser against everton in what turned out to be a fractious affair on a night to mark the victims of recent terror attacks. the match finished 1—1. wayne rooney opened the scoring for the visitors in the first half, his 200th premier league goal. substitute raheem sterling saved the day for city, levelling with just eight minutes remaining. both sides had a man sent off. kyle walker on his home debut in the first half and everton‘s morgan schneiderlin saw red later on in the closing stages. both red cards an issue guardiola not keen to talk about. we were disappointed when we didn't play what we are. we put absolutely

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.baller of the year cristiano ronaldo has been given a 5—match ban for pushing a referee. 15 time grand slam winner rafael nadal will return to the world number one ranking next week. and four—time tour de france winner chris froome says he can't wait to take on the challenge of the vuelta a espana. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with football and the news that cristiano ronaldo has been suspended for five games after he was sent—off for pushing a referee, in real madrid's 3—i first leg defeat of barcelona in the spanish super cup. the 32 year—old was given a one—match ban for being shown two yellow cards at the camp nou. a further four games were added for pushing the referee in the back after he'd been sent off. so ronaldo will miss the second leg on wednesday and real‘s opening four league matches. the former english premier league referee dermot gallagher says overturning the ban would send out the wrong message

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.he women's1500m title in a thrilling finale on day four of the world athletics championships in london. man of the match and man of the series, moeen ali spins england to victory in the fourth test against south africa. and paying tribute to a club that refuses to give up. barcelona host chapecoense to honour the brazilian side as they continue to rebuild after last november's tragedy. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the world athletics championships and four golds were won on monday. day four at london stadium sawjust the one session which was held in the evening and it finished with a classic, as andrew lindsay reports. a high—class field and sparkle from the start. predicting a winner in the start. predicting a winner in the women's 1500 the start. predicting a winner in the women's1500 metres would not be easy, it rarely is. after winning in rio,