hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: it's back. the uefa champions league returns, with real madrid going forfour in a row, but will they be able to do it without cristiano ronaldo? al duhail‘s nine match winning run comes to an end in the asian champions league, as persepolis make it into the semi—finals. and, in shock. the new vuelta a espana champion who still can't believe he won it. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. the uefa champions league returns on tuesday with matchday one already serving up some big clashes between europe's top clubs. last season's beaten finalists liverpool start their campaign against paris st germain, whilst a day later the holders real madrid play roma. will anyone be able to stop the spanish giants winning the competition for a record 14th time? looking ahead at the contenders, here's austin halewood. it hasn't quite been four months since real madrid lifted the title for a third season in a row, but already champions league football is back. mad

i'm chetan pathak: coming up in your thursday sport briefing, we look ahead to the final women's golfor of the year, to stage 18 of the veulta a espana, and we hear from the two men involved in boxing's fight of the year. the final women's golf major of the year, the evian championship, is getting underway in france. last year's winner anna nordqvist will be looking to become the first woman to successfully defend her title at the evian resort golf course.

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: he's back with his first victory in 5 years. tiger woods wins the season ending tour championship. 10 million reasons to be happy. justin rose wins the overall fedex cup to take home the mega money prize. and cristiano ronaldo is back among the goals forjuventus, as the italian champions leave it late, but win again. hello and welcome to the programme. a year ago he wasn't sure if he'd ever return to golf after back surgery, now, five years after his last pga tour victory, tiger woods is finally a winner again after digging in on the final day to win the season—ending tour championship. the m time major champion shot a one over 71, but still finished two shots clear at the end. closer than he would have liked, but the comeback completed for what is his 80th pga tour title. meanwhile, england's world number onejustin rose finished tied fourth to win the overall fedex cup and take home $10 million in prize money. paul frostick was watching a day of drama and

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: luke modric! the man who led croatia to the final of the world cup is crowned fifa's men's player of the year. brazil and orlando pride‘s marta picks up the top prize for the women. and ahead of the start of this weekend's ryder cup, tiger takes his return to form to paris. hello and welcome to the programme. he's won three champions league titles in a row and guided croatia to their first world cup final injuly, now luka modric has been named the world's best male player at the fifa football awards. the real madrid midfielder beat his former teammate -- luka —— luka modric! -- luka modric! applause. the real madrid midfielder beat his former teammate cristiano ronaldo and liverpool's mohammed salah to the top prize at a star studded ceremony in london. it's just the third year of these particular awards, after fifa ended its association with the ballon d'or. it was just one of the prizes on offer on the night, our sports correspondent richard conway was t

hello, i'm chetan pathak. here's what we've got coming up for you on monday's sport briefing.iano ronaldo. there's more for british cycling to celebrate. and a first major title for america's anglea stanford. the four semifinalists at the 2018 afc champions league will be confirmed in the coming days, with the second legs of the quarterfinals to take place between monday and wednesday. iranian club esteghlal were beaten 3—1 at home by qatari side al sadd in the first leg of their quarter—final and have it all to do if they're to make it into the semi—finals when they play in doha on monday. translation: the first game was a good for us and our fans and we apologise to them because of that. we have the opportunity to make up for it and we are 100% ready to provide our best football and seize our chances until the final whistle. we will fight with our hearts and souls in order to achieve that. simon yates won the vuelta a espana to complete a clean sweep of british victories in this year's grand tours. the michelton—scott rider crossed the line safely in madrid on sunday to secu

but from me, chetan pathak, and the rest of the sport team, that is your monday sport briefing.his isn't the usual thing you'd go searching for to buy online, but an australian couple managed to find exactly what they were looking for in the form of an old new zealand warship. for a few hundred thousand dollars, paul and wilma adams became the proud owners of the royal new zealand navy dive tender, manawanui. but this is no self indulgent impulse buy, there is a serious side to why they wanted to buy the ship. well, it seemed the best way to do it in today's world. you can pretty much get anything on the internet, they tell me, and we've proved it right, i guess. we had to pick it up ourselves actually. we sailed it back from new zealand in july this year back to australia. the long and short story is that it's 70 years since the second world war, and there are, worldwide, approximately 8,000 shipwrecks sunk during the war, 3,000 in our backyard here in the pacific, and they're starting to leak oil. so we wanted to investigate and find out exactly what we needed to do about that

i'm chetan pathak with tuesday's sport briefing. paris, modric beats ronaldo and salah to win fifa's best player award, and andy murray wins an award too — before breaking it. thanks forjoining us. after tiger woods won his first tournament in five years on sunday, there's even more excitement around the ryder cup which starts in just three days' time in paris. both sets of teams have now arrived and will begin their first practice sessions on tuesday. the us has the winners of six of the past eight majors and are the favourites to retain the title — but the european captain is up for the fight: we don't fear any one, because we have played against the msomi times before individually. but we respect oui’ before individually. but we respect our opponents and know what we are up our opponents and know what we are up against. that i think is the key to all of this. we will go out and do what we can and play our game. what stands on the other side is one of the strongest american teams of all time. we know we have got to play our best.

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.ristiano ronaldo scores his first goals forjuventus in an eventful match in italy. looking unstoppable, lewis hamilton cruises to victory at the singapore grand prix. and simon yates wins the vuelta a espana to complete a clean sweep for british riders in this yea r‘s grand tours. welcome to the programme. it was worth the wait forjuventus fans as cristiano ronaldo opened his goalscoring account for the italian champions — scoring twice in a 2—1 win over sassuolo which ensures their 100 percent start to the season. ronaldo hadn't scored in his first three games since his move from real madrid but tapped in shortly after half—time. he scored another after 65 minutes. however, ronaldo's moment might be overshadowed by what his teammate douglas costa got up to.

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.ague returns, with real madrid going forfour in a row, but will they be able to do it without cristiano ronaldo? al duhail‘s nine match winning run comes to an end in the asian champions league, as persepolis make it into the semi—finals. and, in shock. the new vuelta a espana champion who still can't believe he won it. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. the uefa champions league returns on tuesday with matchday one already serving up some big clashes between europe's top clubs. last season's beaten finalists liverpool start their campaign against paris st germain, whilst a day later the holders

but from me chetan pathak and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.s mainly down to this area of cloud. it is the remnants of what was hurricane helene, it is no longer a hurricane, but embedded in this is a lot of tropical energy. what that will do is strengthen the winds over the coming days. you see this area of low pressure tracking it's way northwards to western part of the uk, the squeeze in the isobars means there will be strong winds, gales and heavy rain, but also ahead of it is drawing up some very warm, tropical air and that will extend all the way northwards into parts of northern ireland and southern scotland over the next few days. yes, it is going to be windy. there will be gales at times, some spells of heavy rain, particularly the further north and west you are, further south and east, dry and warm as well. here is how monday pans out. further outbreaks of rain across western parts of scotland becoming heavy and more persistent as it works its way north and eastwards, some of that rain affecting northern ireland, the wind starting to

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.st victory in 5 years. tiger woods wins the season ending tour championship. 10 million reasons to be happy. justin rose wins the overall fedex cup to take home the mega money prize. and cristiano ronaldo is back among the goals forjuventus, as the italian champions leave it late, but win again. hello and welcome to the programme. a year ago he wasn't sure if he'd ever return to golf after back surgery, now, five years after his last pga tour victory, tiger woods is finally a winner again after digging in on the final day to win the season—ending tour championship. the 1a time major champion shot a one over 71, but still finished

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.atia to the final of the world cup is crowned fifa's men's player of the year. brazil and orlando pride's marta picks up the top prize for the women. and ahead of the start of this weekend's ryder cup, tiger takes his return to form to paris. hello and welcome to the programme. he's won three champions league titles in a row and guided croatia to their first world cup final injuly, now luka modric has been named the world's best male player at the fifa football awards. the real madrid midfielder beat his former teammate

i'm chetan pathak: coming up in your thursday sport briefing, we look ahead to the final women's golfd we hear from the two men involved in boxing's fight of the year. the final women's golf major of the year, the evian championship, is getting underway in france. last year's winner anna nordqvist will be looking to become the first woman to successfully defend her title at the evian resort golf course. meanwhile britain's georgia hall is aiming to make it back to back major victories after winning the british open just last month. it's a day for the sprinters at the vuelta a espana. the man who leads those standings is alejandro valverde, he's also second in the overall race so might fancy his chances of gaining some more time on the leader simon yates. the spaniard took eight seconds out of the british rider's lead on wednesday's mountainous stage through the basque country, leaving yates 25 seconds ahead. the 18th is a flat one. the race finishes in madrid on sunday. there was no head to head between canelo alvarez and gennady golovkin at their pre—fight press conference. we're tol

i'm chetan pathak with friday's sport briefing.anelo and triple g. there's a rookie leading the final women's major of the season. and the davis cup semifinals get under way. gennady golovkin and canelo alvarez will go eyeball to eyeball at the weigh in on friday ahead of their rematch. a year on from their controversial draw, they meet again on saturday. it's being billed as the biggest fight in the sport of boxing and the fans in las vegas may well get to see more fireworks before the bout. talking of fireworks, carlos ramos, the umpire accused of sexism by serena williams during the us open final, takes charge of a court again when the usa's davis cup semi final gets underway with croatia on friday. despite being the most successful tea m in davis cup history, the usa haven't made the final since 2007 when they last won it. hosts croatia are the favourites to win with world number six marin cilic in action on the opening day. every match is important but i feel the first day can be very crucial in all the ties, so i'm going to t