next, tonight, the wait is nearly overfor brentford you. over for brentford fans. it's almost 75 years since they last played in english football's top flight. in under 90 minutes, they'll kick off their first premier league game against arsenal as the new season gets underway. our senior sports news reporter laura scott is at the brentford community stadium on a night of history. how are fans feeling about this new season? ~ i, how are fans feeling about this new season? ~ ., ., , ., season? well, i have to tell you about with _ season? well, i have to tell you about with one _ season? well, i have to tell you about with one fan _ season? well, i have to tell you about with one fan i _ season? well, i have to tell you about with one fan i met. - about with one fan i met. 88—year—old derek who was watching brentford back in 19a7 when they last played top flight football and he will be here again tonight. he said it was a dream come true they are in the premier league, he said hejust wants it are in the premier league, he said he just wants

when we were at school, we used to get, oh, little brentford, why do you support brentford?top ten. at least 15th. well, they might be back in large numbers and social distancing in the stands is no more but these fans will need to be ready for random spot checks of their covid—19 status as the premier league readies itself for a potential toughening of government restrictions. clubs have suffered estimated losses of £2 billion during the pandemic, though some seem more immune than others. manchester city splashing out a record £100 million onjack grealish and england captain harry kane could come next. manchester city are the premier league champions! but if they are going to be champions again, the man in charge says they have to raise their game. every season when you begin, it's a new challenge. we celebrate our title, now in our cabinet, in our memories, and we start again. back in brentford, a dream start for the newcomers. commentator: here comes canos. 0h, brentford are off and running! sergi canos sending the home faithful into a frenzy. and this late magic from chr

back in brentford, a dream start — we start again.n. back in brentford, a dream start for the newcomers. - dream start for the newcomers. brantford are dream start for the newcomers. bra ntford are often dream start for the newcomers. brantford are often running! back sending _ brantford are often running! back sending the home faithful into a frenzv — sending the home faithful into a fren . , ., ., . sending the home faithful into a fren. frenzy. this late magic secured their spot _ frenzy. this late magic secured their spot at — frenzy. this late magic secured their spot at the _ frenzy. this late magic secured their spot at the top _ frenzy. this late magic secured their spot at the top of - frenzy. this late magic secured their spot at the top of the - frenzy. this late magic secured l their spot at the top of the table for now, at least. it was worth the wait. laura scott, bbc news, brantford. a great win for brantford. meanwhile, the new tottenham boss, nuno espirito santo, says his players wont be distracted by speculation over

— and brentford are back? yes, they were buzzing _ and brentford are back? me to say - truly stung arsenal. well done, gavin. it pays me to say that. l truly stung arsenal. well done, i gavin. it pays me to say that. are ou an gavin. it pays me to say that. are you an arsenal— gavin. it pays me to say that. are you an arsenalfan? _ gavin. it pays me to say that. are you an arsenalfan? i _ gavin. it pays me to say that. are you an arsenalfan? i am. - gavin. it pays me to say that. are you an arsenalfan? i am. never. you an arsenalfan? i am. never mind! brentford fans. enjoy the look of the premier league table this morning. for the first time in 74 years and 346 days, you're top of the english top flight. the premier league returned with quite the story, as brentford celebrated their return to the top tier, and the return of capacity crowds, by beating arsenal 2—0. 0ur senior sports news reporter laura scott was at the brentford community stadium. welcome to the first game of the premier league season! forfootball, a return on two levels. a full capacity prem

including brentford last night, 6 of the first 7 premier league matches this season have all been homerjoe lynskeyjoins me now to talk through the rest of the day's action, on the whole it's been a good day for home supporters? so many emotions for those returning fans this afternoon back in premier league stadiums after so long away. it's been 17 months of waiting for most of these supporters — so there was noise, there were tears as their teams emerged, including at leicester where the last capacity top flight match took place in march 2020. there was a tribute to the late graham taylor at watford in a match between two clubs he used to manage, and at chelsea they welcomed back the european champions to stamford bridge, while crystal palace welcomed their new manager patrick vieira, who as a player at arsenal never lost to chelsea. but his time as a manager in england, started with defeat. chelsea dominant from the start in this match, winning 3—0 — alonso, pulisic, and the young english midfielder trevoh chalabah on his premier league debut with the goals. vieira goes into this seas

a great win for brentford.t their campaign at home on sunday to the champions manchester city — the club kane's been linked with this summer. nuno says he hasn't yet decided if kane will play. we had a talk. of course, it's a private conversation, but everything is ok, he's preparing himself. like brian, like romero, players thatjoine us later, we have to be careful. everything is ok. liverpool fans have been given a boost ahead of their first match at norwich tomorrow. talisman virgil van dyk, who missed most of last season through injury, has signed a new contract with the club. the defender�*s extended his stay until the summer of 2025. van dijk only played five league games last season because of an knee injury. he's followed trent alexander—arnold, fabinho, and alisson in signing new deals with the club this summer. so this is what there is to look forward to this weekend. liverpool's first game of the season sees them travel to norwich in saturday's late game. the lunchtime kick off is at old trafford whe

and a promotion for brentford. to fight back against india much of the mediterranean is sweltering under some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded in europe. the italian island of sicily registered 48.8 degrees celsius on wednesday, which, if verified, would be the continent's highest temperature ever recorded. the latest heatwave is being caused by an anticyclone, nicknamed lucifer, moving up from africa. firefighters have been battling numerous wildfires in italy and in spain, where temperatures are reaching record levels. our correspondent mark lowen reports now from sicily. they climb to the coolest place around — the peak of an active volcano. when mighty mount etna is a relief from the heat, you know it's an extreme. legend has it the ancient god of fire worked beneath etna. for the tourists here, he still feels close. we booked the holidays, like, half a year ago, so we didn't know anything of the heat! would you have come if you had known how hot it would be? no. no! bad, bad, because it's totally hot

at brentford's community stadium last night, it was buzzing. 74 years away from the top flight, brentfordsolutely amazing- _ 2-0. the fans were absolutely amazing. that _ 2-0. the fans were absolutely amazing. that was _ 2-0. the fans were absolutely amazing. that was more - 2-0. the fans were absolutely amazing. that was more than | 2-0. the fans were absolutely | amazing. that was more than a 2-0. the fans were absolutely - amazing. that was more than a ten out of ten performance in terms of the atmosphere, the constant singing, the constant backing throughout the game, amazing. tap throughout the game, amazing. top four -- top — throughout the game, amazing. top four —— top for an hour or so at least some of the biggest premier league crowd since the pandemic is at old trafford as manchester united take on leeds. the red side of the city has been working on enviously at their neighbours recently. manchester city are the premier league — manchester city are the premier league champions. is manchester city are the premier league champions. is it manchester city are the premier league cha

for thiney taylor brentford, newly promoted brentford, earning a point at crystal palace, what a greatent —— mcnaught a great game that one. elland road, leeds 2— to everton. then we see manchester city and brighton. just great to have all the fans back a lot to see is in great to see you as well, ben. we will stick with now... a bumper afternoon in the efl this afternoon too. the first of eleven games in the championship saw queens park rangers host barnsley. unbeaten qpr maintained that record but only thanks to charlie austin's injury time equaliser. barnsley had gone 2—0 up in the first half but rangers battled back to earn a point, austin converting in stoppage time to make it 2—2. elsewhere in the championship, fulham beat hull city 2—0 to head to the top of the table. west brom and stoke city are level on points after they beat blackburn rovers and nottingham forest respectively. sheffield united's terrible return to the championship continues though, they were beaten by huddersfield town at bramall lane. there were also wins for cardiff, coventry, preston and birmingham. just t

they stun arsenal in a buzzing brentford community stadium, as fans return and the premier league season

and after 82 days away, the premier league returns tonight with newly promoted brentford hosting arsenaltwo sides will have met in the top flight since 1947, and it should be a full house for the first time at the new brentford community stadium. i expect two things from friday night. one, that my players are running themselves to the ground. two, that the fans are right behind us through every single minute of that match. because that is like the kick—off to a new world that we've never tried before. so we're all very excited. you know, historically, and what they've done the last few years, very clear direction. i think from top to bottom in the club, they know what they want to do. they execute it really well. and i think they will be a really tough opponent for every team in the premier league. liverpool fans have been given a boost ahead of their first match at norwich on saturday. talisman virgil van dyk who missed most of last season through injury has signed a new contract with the club. the defender has extended his stay until the summer of 2025. van dijk only played five league

the premier league, how will brentford do this season?s, we have already seen some huge _ sides will go down. chris, we have already seen some huge moves i sides will go down. chris, we have already seen some huge moves in | sides will go down. chris, we have - already seen some huge moves in the transfer window, jack grealish going to manchester city, romelu lukaku going to chelsea, lots of speculation about harry kane leaving tottenham, all these players be the difference for the clubs vying for the title? , ~ ~ , ., the title? yes, i think lukaku is a brilliant signing _ the title? yes, i think lukaku is a brilliant signing for— the title? yes, i think lukaku is a brilliant signing for chelsea. - the title? yes, i think lukaku is a brilliant signing for chelsea. i - brilliant signing for chelsea. i think— brilliant signing for chelsea. i think at— brilliant signing for chelsea. i think at this moment in time, i would — think at this moment in time, i would make chelsea favourites to win the title _ would make chelsea favourites to win

after 82 days away the premier league returns tonight with newly promoted brentford hosting arsenal.e at the new brentford community stadium. my my players are running themselves into the ground, and the fans are right behind us for every single minute of that match. it is a new world that we never tried before, so we are all excited. so you clear directions. from top to bottom of the club, they know what they want to do, they execute it really well. i think they will be a tough opponent for every team in the premier league. liverpool fans have been given a boost ahead of their first match at norwich on saturday — talisman virgil van dyk, who missed most of last season through injury, has signed a new contract with the club. the defender has extended his stay until the summer of 2025. van dijk only played 5 league games last season because of an knee injury. liverpool have had a comparatively quiet window compared to other big teams but that doesn't phase their manager. i'm never surprised about the financial power of chelsea, city or united. i am long enough in the country to know t

also today — aston villa drew i—i with brentford, and leicester won away at norwich, who are also stilltended their lead at the top of the table after beating stoke 3—0 at craven cottage. and in the early kick—off nottingham forest claimed their first point of the season, but they had to come from behind at derby after tom lawrence thumped the hosts into the lead. but brennanjohnson equalised with eight minutes remaining in the game to clinch the draw and relieve some of the pressure on manager chris hughton. queens park rangers are keeping up with the leaders, fulham — they go second, after beating coventry 2—0. reading's poor start continues. they were beaten 4—0 by huddersfield — who go fourth. elsewhere, wins for bristol city, preston and millwall. west brom kick off against peterborough in a few minutes — a win and they go level at the top. both the edinburgh sides are the early leaders in the scottish premiership. hearts and hibs both won 2—0 today — against dundee united and livingston respectively. rangers and celtic play in the old firm derby tomorrow lunchtime. to drama in qua

arsenal have lost to brentford and chelsea so far this season and go to manchester city on sunday.

arsenal have lost to brentford and chelsea so far this season and go to manchester city on sunday. tonight, it's the league cup and a tough trip to west bromwich albion. can the manager mikel arteta afford to lose that as well? craig templeton reports. this was the sound of the start of arsenal's game on sunday, this with the sound at the end of it. mikel arteta's side had just been beaten by neighbours chelsea, meaning they'd lost their does make opening for merely games without scoring a goal. the man usually does that is pierre—emerick aubameyang, but both he and alex lacazette have at covid—i9, and arsenal have been without other key players. covid-19, and arsenal have been without other key players. hopefully it will aet without other key players. hopefully it will get better. _ without other key players. hopefully it will get better. at _ without other key players. hopefully it will get better. at the _ without other key players. hopefully it will get better. at the moment, i it will get better. at the moment, they have got back, they have lost a lot of football... the story

norwich play bournemouth, brentford host forest green rovers, brighton travel to cardiff, everton gosfield. leeds host crewe. there's an all—premier league affair bewteen watford and crystal palace, and wolves are at forest who are really struggling in the championship. let's catch up with some of the other sports news for you. a fall for primoz roglic during stage ten of the vuelta means that he has lost the red jersey to 0dd christian eiking. roglic has moved down to third. the stage was won by michael storer of team dsm — that's his second stage win of this years race. there's an exciting finish to the second test injamaica, west indies chasing an unlikely target of 329 for victory on the final day against pakistan. they are currently 113—5. denmark captain simon kjaer and the medical team that saved christian eriksen's life when he suffered a cardiac arrest during the european championship have received the uefa president's award. it's been 12 days since the british sprinter cj ujah was provisionally suspended. he returned a positive drugs test at the olympic games, and the athle

after 74 years of waiting brentford make their return to the top flight tonight as the new premier leagueing themselves to the ground, two that the fans are behind us for every minute of that match. because that is like the kick off to a new world we have never tried before, so we are all very excited. if you look historically on that they— if you look historically on that they have done in the last few year, very clear— they have done in the last few year, very clear direction, i think from top to— very clear direction, i think from top to bottom of the club, they know what they— top to bottom of the club, they know what they want to do. they execute it really _ what they want to do. they execute it really well and they will be a tough — it really well and they will be a tough opponent for every team in the premier_ tough opponent for every team in the premier league. meanwhile, the new tottenham boss nunu espirito santo says his players won't be distracted by speculation over harry kane's future. the england captain is back in training with spurs, as the saga about where he will play hi

the opening game of the new season takes place next friday — with newly promoted brentford hosting arsenaldown when steven davis scored deep into injury time. the away goals rule is no longer applied but steven gerrard's side will be delighted to have halved the defecit ahead of the return game at ibrox. david willey blasted northern superchargers to a crushing 63 run victory over london spirit in the men's hundred. willey smashed 81 not out from 45 balls at lord's, the highest score of the men's tournament so far. superchargers jump from seventh to third in the table.spirit remain without a win with four defeats and a wash—out. earlier london spirit women beat northern superchargers in a thrilling finish to their match. needing two runs from three balls, jemima rodriguez hit a four to give her side only their second victory of the new competition. and that's all the sport for now. from me and the rest of the team, bye—bye. hello. the weather midweek isn't looking too bad at all for most of us. wednesday is going to bring lengthy sunny spells, skies will probably look a little bit like thi

premier league new boys brentford had to come from a goal behind — but they beat forest green rovers oldham, wigan, cheltenham town and wycombe wonderers all progressing. the premier league says its clubs have "reluctantly but unanimously" decided not to release players for matches in red—list countries during september's international break. it comes after liverpool said yesterday that the were not going to let mo salah travel to egypt for next month's world cup qualifier. the 10—day quarantine rules would apply to nearly 60 players from 19 clubs who are due to travel to 26 red—list countries. a club—versus—country row could now develop and fifa could sanction clubs for not releasing players. after three years out, dawid malan returns to the england test side for the third test against india at headingley, which starts tomorrow. the yorkshire batsman was recalled to the side after opener dom sibley was dropped and england's overall batting performance was heavily criticised. malan says he is confident in his form after an impressive spell in the white ball game — but he wants to pro

the premier league season starts this friday with newly promoted brentford taking on arsenal.ions manchester city travel to spurs on sunday. city hosted a launch event for the league today. the premier league's chief executive richard masters was there and spoke to our football reporter simon stone about the booming transfer window this summer. clung to diminish their own finances was of that to exist within you with the rules and our own. that to spend but they have to balance their books at the end of it and there is still at the end of it and there is still a few days to go in the window. so clubs have always invested in the street to their squads and that is good. the premier league is so competitive and if you are not investing you're probably standing still or going backwards. we have to wait and see but i don't think it's creating any different dynamic in the premier league. i expect the season to be properly competitive and there are a chasing pack of clubs want to get into the european places and we know the difference that can make to your finances and your overall f

by me, i am fellow striker alexandra la that miss last week's defeat to brentford off the testing positive about me has since resend a negative test and could play against chelsea on sunday. but lack of that is still recovering from the virus. go keep alex richardson and william also out. so the game off today to tested. positive manchester united legend and former barn door when dennis law has been diagnosed with 2 types of dementia, vh one year old who's united. 3rd time leading scorer says he has out farmers and vascular dementia law. he played $55.00 times for scotland, one to leave titles, a european cup and an efficacy. during his 11 year spell at united his teammates at old trafford. bobby charlton is also suffering from dementia. charlton was the 5th member of england, $966.00 was comp team to be diagnosed. it's been reported at the one of the people killed falling from a u. s. military plan in cobble this week was a former africanist on youth team, football or africa news agency. arianna says that 19 year old zacky and warry fell from the aircraft on monday and that his death has

the english premier league season gets under way on friday with newly promoted brentford hosting arsenalsince 19a7 but the arsenal boss will not be underestimating them. you and you know historically and for the last four years it is a very clear direction. i think from top to bottom at the club they know what they want to do. the executed really well. i think it will be a tough opponent for every team in the premier league. in cricket, a superb unbeaten century gives india the advantage over england, heading to those who with the second test at lord's. the 126 for the first wicket. at the close of play india were 276 - at the close of play india were 276 — three. at the close of play india were 276 - three-— 276 - three. from the teams oint of 276 - three. from the teams point of view. _ 276 - three. from the teams point of view. we _ 276 - three. from the teams point of view. we always - 276 - three. from the teams i point of view. we always know when you put into bat, you know, you need to get off to a good start and then it is something that would take a lot of pride in. we played re

last promoted brentford, by my young, has since returned the negative test and cold could play rather against chelsea on sunday because it is still recovering from the virus. now go keep a alex run off the phone and william all the other players in doubt. full of coven 19 tests rule. john ross out of 2 big golf tournament this year, including the tow limping spots. it doesn't seem to affect the hot street because the spain's world number one, the u. s. so when it's charged to share the needs of the northern trust tournament in jersey, 50 with an $863.00 in the 1st round women's world. number one, any court has a share. believe at the british open, the american finished our 1st round 5 on the par as did sweden's madeline rack. strawman say young came of south korea, but perhaps the show for the day went japan's hand coach. she buena, she's known as the smiling cinderella back home because she always seems quite cherry and she was sad to me, smiling when she hold out for an eagle at the 11th hole. now she's 3 shots. back on to, on the boxing champion, money pike was returning to the rin

well, the premier league is back and the opening night was a perfect one for promoted side brentford. after 74 years away from the top tier of english football, the mark, the return with a to nail when over are not a goal either side of half time since the capacity crowd of more than 70000 into a frenzy is the 5th team to play in the premier we pair things remind coach mauricio put your nose confirmed. it's too early for leanna messy to make his debut for the club. the argentine hasn't played since the copa america final, more than a month ago. and patina says messy is returned to match fitness will be a step by step process. the other hot topic and fridays news conference was the future of kilian bombay, who's been linked with a move to real madrid. and when poacher tino was asked about the french superstar, his answer was brief. simply saying, killian is our player. we are so exciting to have a missing player. i mean is, what now is the, this is a challenge that, that's start to work. how we won. the way that we won. that is going to be massive. but we have the energy and i think th

it was a dream start for promoted side brentford. after 74 years away from the top tier of english football, the bees marked their return with a to nail when over arsenal. 17000 fans went wild with a goal on either side of half time. have such a big believe in this school play as and this team that actually didn't know where that we were going to face as well. and massive club bits, individual players, unbelievable players, job job coach. but i just had this feeling that i would be disappointed. we didn't beat them one of the things where we were unbelievable aggressive in the high pressure and impressed with massive intensity and more or less throughout the game . and then as you said, the fans were electric. they created a unbelievable atmosphere. well wherever this appointed a religious then that way we did decision, we had very different hopes and we didn't see that so that we wanted either the performers that we wanted. and it's liverpool who start their campaign later on saturday, encouraged by the news, their star defender, vi

matches from saturday leads, and everton shared the points scoreless between crystal palace and brentford. while brightened recorded a to know when over watford, several countries are struggling to get to the paralympic games and tokyo for their athletes to compete for pacific island nations have withdrawn from the games due to travel restrictions. and afghan sands competitors had to pull out for safety reasons, saying that they were unable to find a secure way to leave the country. and on top of all of that 15 people linked to the games have already tested positive for cove and 19. the games haven't even started yet. the opening ceremony is on tuesday. our top priority here is the safety. and that's not just the safety of the athletes. that's the safety of the japanese people. what we don't want here is, is our, our plate arrive at the games and to be seen are accused of spreading the corona virus. or if we have a positive case, then we'll go by the rules that we've developed over the last 20 months, which is your close contact. you go in twice elation and then we follow the procedures s

it was 0—0 between crystal palace and brentford.anfield. jurgen klopp's side also with two wins out of two. celtic are top of the scottish premiership for the first time in a year after thrashing st mirren 6—0. st mirren were down to ten men afterjust 19 minutes and celtic took full advatange, with david turnbull scoring his first career hat—trick. and motherwell beat livingston 2—1. golf, and 21—year—old scottish amateur louise duncan is just two shots off the leaders after day three of the women's open, the fifth and final major of the season. duncan birdied the last hole for a round of 68. the co—leaders are sweden's anna nordquist and denmark's nanna koerstz madsen on 9 under par. and you can watch double olympic medallist alex yee competing in the world triathlon championship series on the bbc sport website right now. earlier, flora duffy became the first triathlete in history to win olympic gold and the world triathlon championships series title in the same year. clive. thank you for that. that's it. but from me and the rest o

crystal palace face newly promoted brentford, who had a brilliant start to their campaign, beating arsenalrst of 11 games in the championship saw queens park rangers host barnsley. unbeaten qpr maintained that record but only thanks to charlie austin's injury time equaliser. barnsley had gone 2—0 up in the first half but rangers battled back to earn a point, austin converting in stoppage time to make it 2—2. just two games in the scottish premiership today. celtic are now two to the good against st mirren — liel abada with both goals. st mirren are also down to ten men. and bottom of the table livingston are playing motherwell. the third round is well underway at the aig women's open in carnoustie and it's rather changeable at the top of that leaderboard. a hat—trick of birdies for yealimi noh sees her now sitting alone at the summit. it was very cluttered earlier. geigia hall is one shot back on 7 under in a very packed leaderboard. but what about scottish amatuer louise duncan? she has been fantastic so far and has picked up another 4 birdies today to put herjust two off the lead on 6 un

the night of the premier league with a perfect night for promoted 5 brentford. after 74 years away from the top tier of english football, the b mark their return. you know, when over our snow, a goal, either side of have time spent, the capacity crowd of more than 17000. it's worth frenzy. have such a big believe in this school play as and this team that actually i know that we are going to face optional and massive club bits, individual players, unbelievable players, job job coach. but i just had this feeling that i would be disappointed. we didn't beat them one of the things where we were unbelievable aggressive in the high pressure and press it with massive intensity and more or less throughout the game. and then as you said, the fans were electric. they created a unbelievable atmosphere. well we have already this appointed a religious then that way we did decision, we had very different hopes and we didn't see that so that we wanted either the performers i wanted pair, thanks man, coach maurizio, party chino admits it's too early for lena massey to make his

for the 1st time since march 2020, just one game to be played later on, which these newly promoted brentford take on arsenal. redford are competing in the top flight for the 1st time in 74 years, while the gunners are hoping to continue the good form they show during the 2nd half of the season. our goal is to get the best version consistently. that's going to bring us closer to when in full matches. that's what i want from the tim. and we did that consistently in every single much. we're going to be in a good place. but that's something that we haven't done consistently give the best version and that's something that we must control and we missouri. and then we are able to that then the results will be the consequences that chelsea campaign begins on saturday after attracting roma. lucas, back to stanford bridge. the belgian striker is moving from in from land, who reported fi around a $135000000.00. the 2nd most expensive and premier league history luca is back at the london club where he spent 3 seasons from 2011, but he was out on loan for 2 of those years. the 28 year old has also previo

aston villa and brentford was 1—1. everton won 2—0 at brighton. late goals at st james park.goal in the 90th minute, but a 96th minute penalty from james ward—prowse earned southampton a 2—2 draw. norwich yet to pick up a point, they lost 2—1 at home to leicester. west ham against palace was 2—2. it's been really busy in the bundesliga as well, bayer leverkusen are top of the table after a 4—1 win over augsburg. also wins for cologne and mainz, freiburg are second after beating stuttgart 3—2, while defending champions bayern munich beat hertha berlin 5—0. in spain, real madrid are in action against real betis 110w. it's still 0-0. celta vigo lost 1—0 at home to athletic bilbao. in italy, juventus have started life without cristiano ronaldo against empoli, and they are losing 1—0. fiorentina are beating torino. england's cricketers have levelled the test series against india after a huge win in the third test. they bowled india out by lunch on day four to win by an innings and 76 runs. the series now stands at 1—1 with two to play. extremely proud and it shows the character in

other matches on saturday leaves and everton shared the points scoreless between crystal palace and brentford . while brighton recorded a to know when over watford and tennessee women's world number one, ashley bardy is through to her 6 final of the year, reaching the decider in cincinnati. the australian was too strong for 3 time grand slam champion angela kerber. 6275 party has won a tour leading $39.00 matches this year. the women's open championship is the final golf major of the year in sweden's, anna norquist, power to the top of the leaderboard after a 7 under $65.00 in round 3, she's tied for the lead with denmark's. nana madsen behind the to scandinavians is packed field packed field with 12 players, 3 shots, or less behind the leaders. several countries are struggling to get to the paralympic games in tokyo for their athletes to compete for pacific island nation have withdrawn from the game due to travel restrictions in afghanistan, competitors had to pull out for safety reason unable to find a secure way to leave the country on top of all of that 15 people linked to the games have

premier league football returns with league new—boys brentford hosting arsenal.top flight since 1947. much of the mediterranean is sweltering under some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded in europe, with sicily this week reaching nearly 49 degrees celsius. hundreds of wildfires are still raging across italy, as the country moves into its peak holiday period. as our correspondent, mark lowen, reports, the hot weather has been caused by an anticyclone moving up from africa. well, we're coming into the peak holiday weekend of the year here in italy. 0n the slopes of mount etna here in sicily it's particularly busy at the moment, partly because it's actually significantly cooler as you go up the slopes of the mountain and down at sea level. sicily, and much of italy have been sweltering over the past week with sicily recording a temperature this week of 48.8 degrees, believed to be the highest temperature ever recorded in europe. it has been prompted by an anticyclone, that's an area of high atmospheric pressure that's currently sitting across north africa and

goals for brentford and villa. 1-1. and vardy putting leicester one up v norwich. before lunch to take victory in the third test at headingley. the tourists had begun the day 139 runs behind but were soon in trouble as 0llie robinson took early wickets including that of virat kolhi. robisnon the pick of england's bowlers as he went on to dismiss rishab pant and then ishant sharma — his fifth wicket of the innings. craig 0verton wrapped things up as england won by an innings and 76 runs to level the series 1—1. extremely proud. it shows the character in the dressing room, four players to be able to take a loss like that, come back and put in such a clinical performance, it shows what the group is about. it can be a difficult place, test cricket, when it isn't going your way, and you have to be able to stand up and look at in the face and be ready to put yourself back out there under pressure and deliver and they have done exceptionally well this week. what a day it's been for paralympics gb in tokyo — they've won seven golds today. there was a dramatic double in the

in front against wolves and watford, looking to make a winning return to the premier league like brentfordeague cup, all 3pm kick—offs. livingstone, who reached the final before losing to winners stjohnstone last season, lead st mirren by a goal to nil. there was a dramatic comeback in the championship where peterborough snatched victory from derby at the weston homes stadium. wayne rooney might have thought he'd overcome derby's problems — brought about by their finances and transfer embargo — when substitute jack stretton put his side ahead. but peterborough pounced in 11 minutes of added time with goals from substitutes harrison burrows, and then siriki dembele, to take all three points. another saturday, another century forjoe root, who has powered england again on day three of the second test against india at lords. he and jonny bairstow made a solid start to the day, their 117—run partnership coming to an end when bairstow was dismissed just after lunch, by mohammed siraj for 57. but the day belonging tojoe root, for the second successive match, he's hit a century. another landmark h

patrick viera's first home game in charge of crystal palace finished 0—0 against brentford.t's the first day of the season in serie a. champions inter milan beat genoa 4—0, a winning start for new coach simone inzaghi. inter were 2—0 up within half an hour and finished with four goals without reply. sassuolo beat hellas verona 3—2. while in the later games, lazio are 3—1 up against empoli with around 15 minutes left and atalanta have a 1—0 lead over torino with around 20 minutes to go. borussia dortmund suffered their first defeat of the new season as they were beaten 2—1 by frieburg. vincenzo grifo opened the scoring in the sixth minute. roland sallai got their second. wolfsburg secured their second win, a 2—1victory over hertha berlin. and bayer leverkusen finished 4—0 up against borussia moenchengladbach — all the bundesliga results are on your screen. and in spain, barcelona are taking on athletic bilbao in the late game which kicked off around 20 minutes ago — it's their first away match since lionel messi left. the current score is 0—0. mallorca beat alavez 1—0 while t

premier league new boys brentford had to come from a goal behind — but they beat forest green roversease players for matches in red—list countries during september's international break. it comes after liverpool said yesterday that the were not going to let mo salah travel to egypt for next month's world cup qualifier. the 10—day quarantine rules would apply to nearly 60 players from 19 clubs who are due to travel to 26 red—list countries. a club—versus—country row could now develop and fifa could sanction clubs for not releasing players. and the first of the vitality blast quarter—finals has been won by the sussex sharks. yorkshire vikings had set a target of 178, with both tom kohler—cadmore and gary ballance getting half—centuries. and there was a very tense finish but it was chrisjordan who hit the winning runs for sussex with 2 balls to spare. sussex will now head to finals day for the first time since 2018. after three years out, dawid malan returns to the england test side for the third test against india at headingley, which starts tomorrow. the yorkshire batsman was recalled

. >> the premier league is back in the opening night was a perfect one for promoted site brentford.rs away from the top tier of british football, they marked their return with a 2-0 win over arsenal. the goal sent the packed crowd into a frenzy. they are the 50th team to play in the premier league. this coach has confirmed it is too early for messi to make his debut. the argentine has not played since the cobra america final -- copa america final over one month ago. the other hot topic in the news conference was the future of killian mbape. when asked about the french superstar, his answer was brief, saying killian is our player. >> we are so excited to have an amazing player on an amazing squat. now is the challenge to win in the way that we want. that is going to be massive but we have the energy and quality. in all of the people around the team for that to have. >> the manchester city editor was also in no mood to talk about the possible transfer of the tottenham stryker. -- striker. he previously said he would like to sign the english captain. >> i was asked this question in pre

the opening game of the new season takes place next friday — with newly promoted brentford hosting arsenalout from 45 balls at lord's, the highest score of the men's tournament so far. superchargers jump from seventh to third in the table. spirit remain without a win with 4 defeats and a washout. earlier london spirit women beat northern superchargers in a thrilling finish to their match. needing 2 runs from 3 balls, jemima rodriguez hit a 4 to give her side only their second victory of the new competition. and that's all the sport for now. from me and the rest of the team, bye—bye. hello. well, the weather's looking pretty good for most of us on wednesday, with lengthy spells of sunshine. it's fairly quiet on the weather front out there right now, just a little bit of rain here in the far north west of the uk. these are our early morning temperatures. around ten degrees in glasgow, 13 in liverpool, 11 in cardiff. a little bit colder in the countryside, but it's sunshine right from the word go. but clouds will develop through the afternoon, and we are expecting showers almost anywhere, fro

the premier league returns tomorrow evening with brentford hosting arsenal at the brentford community what's going on in our clubs now. we're trying to prepare for that in stages. so fans should be expecting some sort of differences to normal procedures. but the main thing is they come back, we have a raucous premier league atmosphere in a safe environment. jo konta will play coco gauff in the last sixteen at the canadian open later. the british number one beat elina svitolina in three sets. konta has missed a lot of tennis after pulling out of wimbledon becasue she was a close contact of someone who tested positive for covid, and then missed the olympics because she tested positive herself. however, she is back, and showing some good form ahead of the us open at the end of the month. former world heavyweight champion, david haye is making a return to the ring three years after retiring at the age of 110. haye officially hung up his gloves in 2018 after back—to—back defeats against tony bellew. haye — on the right of your screen — said on social media that he'll be boxing joe fournier

the opening game of the new season takes place next friday, with newly promoted brentford hosting arsenale pleased to have halved the defecit ahead of the return game at ibrox. the first test between england and india gets under way this morning at trent bridge. england will be without ben stokes. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. let's get more now on one of our stories from earlier this hour, as new research shows that children who become ill with coronavirus are unlikely to suffer with long—term effects. scientists at king's college london found illness from covid lasted, on average, no more than a week in people aged between five and 17. they describe the findings as reassuring. with me now is emma duncan, professor of clinical endocrinology at king's college london who worked on the research. tell us about the research. what have you discovered and what does it mean for people out there watching, may be with children or who are children? if they are worried about the effects of having covid. iloathed children? if they are w

the opening game of the new season takes place next friday, with newly promoted brentford hosting arsenal test between england and india is under way this morning at trent bridge. england are notably without ben stokes. india have made a very good start — rory burns has gone for a duck, bowled byjasprit bumrah in the first over. england are 42—1. that's all the sport for now. more information on all those stories on the bbc sport website. welcome back and let's stay with the olympics. and after that new record by 13—year—old team gb skateboarder sky brown, who took bronze, nesta mcgregor has been at the xc skateboarding park in hemel hempstead. these olympics are not over yet, but all eyes are already in paris in 202a. like you said, sky brown, 13 years of age, britain's youngest ever athlete and youngest ever medallist as well at 13 years of age. looking to replicate and follow in her footsteps are two 13—year—olds who are very, very highly rated, miriam and lola who finished second and third in the uk nationals as well and will be looking to make it to paris in a few years. miriam, you

the opening game of the new season takes place next friday, with newly promoted brentford hosting arsenalpeting in the heptathlon — she was lying in third place after the 100 metres hurdles and the highjump and the shot putt is ongoing. you can keep up to date with that on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. thank you for that. we are going to stay with the olympics. now, after a new record by 13—year—old gb skateboarder sky brown, who took bronze, nesta mcgregor has been at the xc skateboarding park in hemel hempstead. these olympics are not over yet, but all eyes are already in paris in 2024. like you said, sky brown, 13 years of age, britain's youngest ever athlete and youngest ever medallist as well at 13 years of age. looking to replicate and follow in her footsteps are two 13—year—olds who are very, very highly rated, miriam and lola who finished second and third in the uk nationals as well and will be looking to make it to paris in a few years. miriam, you stayed up all night to watch sky's performance. firstly, how tired are you and what did you make of the perfor

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