erling haaland was taken off in the first half, but pep guardiola played down any serious injury concerns don't want to take a risk. that's all. later we take this step to do training and play minutes. this easing is around the corner. but he has niggles, muscular, or whatever, we don't want to take a risk. because if what happens after, you know, we're going to lost him for three weeks or a month, and that will be big problem. in the men's game, manchester united's new £59 million signing, leny yoro could be out action with a foot injury. yoro, signed from lille earlier this month, but got the injury in united's 2—1 defeat to arsenal in los angeles on saturday. the central defender came off after half an hour and was seen using crutches and wearing a protective boot on his left foot. the potential loss of yoro for a lengthy period would be a major blow for the club. just time to take a quick look at the medal table from the olympics before we go after day five of competition at paris 202a. china are now top of with nine golds, ahead of hosts france and japan who are both on eight. austra

the goals of their erling haaland have spearheaded manchester city's recent wins, after scoring on 63 in that time he needed little invitation to add to his records, setting off in pursuit of another title. records, setting off in pursuit of anothertitle. bernardo records, setting off in pursuit of another title. bernardo silva's touch was decisive. kevin sabrina also came close to adding to that before the break. the task for the new manager is to get the best from a bloated squad, and for raheem sterling, one of those left out completely, jackson looked likely to peers the resistance, but chelsea haven't beaten is city for a long time, and one of the players to play for them that night sealed the win here tonight. an important win then for guardiola, in a fixture they didn't win last season. city had their preseason disrupted by key players having extended breaks following summer internationals. guardiola grateful to get the job done. i know what these guys can do, with the lack of training with the team, the lack of training with the team, the way, the body language and what they h

erling haaland buenas tardes.ués, al minuto 9 venía esta falta muy sencilla para que viniera erling haaland a cobrar el penal y marcar el primero. después el error en la salida debido a la presión. lo iba a aprovechar kevin de bruyne para poner el 2 por 1 y entonces sí se desató la máquina goleadora noruega de nuevo, como siempre. aquí iba a conseguir el segundo del partido y al final, por ahí del minuto 87, iba a conseguir el hat trick, el séptimo en su carrera en apenas 68 partidos con el manchester city. una verdadera locura. vamos ahora al partido entre el arsenal y el aston villa. el arsenal del minuto 66. en este balón de acá, que cruzaba todo el área, iba a encontrar a leandro trossard y este la mandaba a guardar para el 1 por 0 de los gunners y después iba a venir al 77. esta otra jugada donde venía el balón por izquierda, cruzaba otra vez el área hasta acá y este iba a encontrar a thomas partey para que consiguiera el 2 a 0. y así los gunners están 2 de 2 en la temporada y el que también está de 2 en 2 la

the manchester city manager, pep guardiola, hailed erling haaland's scoring record as he helped themtitle defence with a 2—0 win at chelsea. the norwegian striker, the golden boot winner

the 23—year—old beat his city team—mates rodri and erling haaland, to the title. and erling haaland toal difference. some football transfers for you — southampton have signed midfielder mateus fernandes from portuguese club sporting on a five—year deal, believed to be worth £15 million. the 20—year—old came through the sporting youth system and has represented portugal at every age group from under—18s through to under—21s. he spent last season on loan at estoril, helping the club reach their first cup final in 80 years. liverpool are closing in on a move for valencia goalkeeper giorgi mamardashvili in a deal believed to be worth around £30 million. the 23—year—old excelled for georgia at euro 2024 and is expected to be liverpool's first signing of the summer. but he may return to valencia on a season—long loan deal. conor gallagher's move to atletico madrid could be back on, after chelsea agreed a fee in the region of £16 million for portugal international joao felix to move in the opposite direction and return to stamford bridge. felix had a loan spell at chelsea in 2023, scoring fou

the manchester city manager pep guardiola hailed erling haalands scoring record as he helped them

the manchester city manager, pep guardiola, hailed erling haaland's scoring record as he helped them start their premier league title defence with a 2—0 win at chelsea. the norwegian striker, the golden boot winner for the past two seasons, was making his 100th appearance for the club and opened his account for the season in the first half at stamford bridge, his 91st city goal. matteo kovacic also scored late on against his former club. england internationals phil foden, john stones and kyle walker started on the bench for city after missing a lot of preseason after the euros, spanish midfielder rodri was left out of the squad after only returning to training this week. considering his selection issues, the city manager, was more than pleased with the start. i know what these guys can do on the first day with a lack of training. the way the body language and what they have done. last season we could not win, so starting that the bad news is we still have games left. be patient. it is important to win. for sure we can improve many things. we are just six weeks together so you can ima

—— kevin de bruyne and erling haaland not available for many of the matches.aining this week and will not be available for nine weeks so that is a bit of a blow to us. but we have ultimately got a big squad so we can cope ultimately. we have got challenges, but we hopefully will achieve, we had to travel the year before last, we think that possibly pep will want out with the quadruple. he has done more years and he has got in front of him and so we have just got to enjoy it. of him and so we have 'ust got to en'o it. ., ., ._ , enjoy it. en'oy the game today is the season— enjoy it. enjoy the game today is the season kicks _ enjoy it. enjoy the game today is the season kicks off. _ youtube stars ksi and the sidemen have been named alongside the creators of candy crush, minecraft and grand theft auto as some of the richest gamers and creators in the uk. ksi and the sidemen are the highest placed gamers, coming injoint 2ist with £50 million. taking the top spot of the sunday times' inaugural top 30 gaming rich list are the co—founders of playrix, brothers igor a

it didn�*t take long for their main man erling haaland to open the scoring.s country not at the euros, he was on hand to provide the clinicality — a question of offside — bernardo silva�*s pass deemed to be ok. they were rarely troubled, as enzo maresca�*s team failed to find any breakthrough. christopher nkunku and nicolas jackson with chances. but not to be for them. mateo kovacic made it two late on. and it�*s a first win on the board for guardiola. they�*d been unbeaten in the league since december, and they come away with a vital win early in the season. well raheem sterling — who didn�*t feature at all today — wants answers from chelsea after being left out of the matchday squad. as soon as enzo maresca announced his team, sterling�*s representatives put out the following statement: there was no ivan toney for brentford ahead of their match with crystal palace, in the earlier kick off. the england forward left out, due to transfer speculation surrounding him. there was no distracting thomas frank�*s men today at the g—tech though, as they kept a threate

he' won the award ahead of team mates rodri and erling haaland, who won it last year.as khadija shaw was named women's player of the year. shaw was the wsl�*s leading scorer last season — netting 21 times. injury curtailed the jamaica international�*s season, as city finished the campaign in second to chelsea on goal difference. it's a good feeling to know that all the hard work and effort that i put in day in and out in training and all the players pushing me every day to be the best that i can be to actually get the reward of the trophy, it's a good feeling. some football transfers for you — southampton have announced the signing of midfielder mateus fernandes from portugese club sporting on a five—year deal, believed to be worth £15 million. the 20—year—old came through the sporting youth system and has represented portugal at every age group from under—18s through to under—21s. he spent last season on loan at estoril, making 28 appearances in the top flight — helping the club reach their first cup final in 80 years. conor gallagher's move to atletico madrid could b

namely, erling haaland. off the mark for manchester city with a 54 premier league goal. and midfielders. they did in amazing game, keeping the ball for us, and just saying come and playing. it is amazing to see. this just saying come and playing. it is amazing to see.— just saying come and playing. it is amazing to see. this manager fared better than enzo _ amazing to see. this manager fared better than enzo maresca, - amazing to see. this manager fared better than enzo maresca, no - amazing to see. this manager fared better than enzo maresca, no seller inspired them with a promoted ipswich as the post—juergen klopp era began. ipswich as the post-juergen klopp era bean. �* ., , ., ipswich as the post-juergen klopp era bean. �* ., _, , era began. before i started, people said there is _ era began. before i started, people said there is no _ era began. before i started, people said there is no easy _ era began. before i started, people said there is no easy game - era began. before i started, people said there is no easy game in - era began. before i started, people said t

let's talk about the unstoppable machine that is erling haaland.g haaland has scored in city's first game of the season for the last two years, and it took him just 18 minutes to do it again on his one hundredth appearance for the club. former chelsea midfielder mateo kovacic got the second, on his return to stamford bridge, to ensure pep guardiola's side took all three points. i know what these guys can do, but the first day, with a lack of training, in the team. the way, the body language, what we have done. at stamford bridge last season we could not win, so we are starting that way, it's good news. the bad news, there are 65, 70 games left. so, be patient and that is important to start to win. for sure we can improve many, many things. we have just six weeks together, so you can imagine how many things we need to add, how we need to improve. in the same moment, we like to analyse the game and i think the game was quite clear. we tried to play our football, we tried to keep the ball, to create chances against this kind of team at this moment. it

manchester city get straight back to business, erling haaland scoring their first goal of the premier

erling haaland has scored back—to—back hat tricks to help manchester city maintain their perfect starthe only team so far to win three out of three games. the norwegian got all three of city's goals in a 3—1 win at west ham, making it seven league goals already this season. he's already scored eight hat tricks in just over two campaigns in the premier league and the champions are top of the table. two other teams who went into the weekend with a perfect record met each other at the emirates and now neither do any more. arsenal and brighton drew 1—1 to at least maintain their unbeaten starts. the game turned in the second half when declan rice was sent off for a second yellow card protested afterwards by arsenal manager mikel arteta. his side conceded an equaliser less than ten minutes later. i was amazed. that he did not -et i was amazed. that he did not get any— i was amazed. that he did not get any booking. it was a noncritical area of the pitch after — noncritical area of the pitch after the _ noncritical area of the pitch after the ball hit his heel. by law, — after the ball hit hi

an erling haaland hattrick saw them come rom behind to beat ipswich 4—1 in theirfirst home game of the on at the etihad, but it was a crazy start to the game. with four goals in the opening 16 minutes. sammi szmodics had given ipswich a surprise lead but city responded with three goals in the space of four minutes — two from haaland either side of a kevin de bruyne strike. yeah, the numbers are ridiculous. ridiculous. we can compete in terms of goals with cristiano and messi. the numbers are incredible at his age and it is incredible for us and we are really, really happy to have him and hopefully he can be here for many, many years. so it will be good for us. brighton have also maintained their perfect start to the season, beating manchester united 2—1. joao pedro scored the winner in the fifth minute of injury time. the seagulls took the lead through danny welbeck�*s 100th premier league goal. amad diallo's second—half equaliser got united back into it, before pedro's late heroics on the south coast. i have seen some good spells. we took control of the game, created also good chances

erling haaland, the golden boot winner for the past two seasons, opened his account in the first half. england internationals phil foden, john stones and kyle walker started on the bench for city after being given more time off after the euros, spanish midfielder rodri was left out of the squad after only returning to training this week. considering his restrictions when it came to selection, the city manager, was more than pleased with the start. i know these guys and what they can do. the first day, the lack of training, the team, the body language and what they have done, last season we felt we couldn't win. starting that way is good news. the bad news is we have 65 or 70 games left. be patient, it is important to start to win. for left. be patient, it is important to start to win-— start to win. for sure, we can improve — start to win. for sure, we can improve many _ start to win. for sure, we can improve many things. - start to win. for sure, we can improve many things. we - start to win. for sure, we can. improve many things. we have start to win. for sure, we can - improve many

erling haaland with two goals and kevin de druyne with one.spur currently leading 2—0 at home to everton. i—i between fulham and leicester city. in formula i, mclaren�*s lando norris has taken pole for sunday's dutch grand prix. norris beat out home hero and championship leader max verstappen by nearly four tenths, becoming the first driver other than verstappen to take pole since the race returned to the calendar in 2021. norris' team—mate oscar piastri will start third on the grid. to old trafford in manchester for day four of the first test with sri lanka. how quickly things can change. england began the day in the driving seat, having reduced the tourists to an 82 run lead but with only four wickets remaining. however, it's been a totally different story on saturday, dinesh chandimal and kamindu mendis putting on a dominating batting display to help sri lanka to a lead of 205. england are now batting and the test very much still in the balance. england currently 78—3 now, which means they are needing 127 runs to win. that's all the sport f

manchester city's erling haaland is in contention to win the player of the year award for a second yearegaard and aston villa forward 0llie watkins are also in the running. laurenjames is looking to become the first woman to win both the young player of the year and senior award in the same year. she's joined by chelsea teammates niamh charles and erin cuthbert, along with manchester city trio yui hasegawa, lauren hemp and khadija shaw, that award sermon is taking place tonight at the opera house in manchester and interviews with the winners should pop up on the bbc sport website later this evening. and you can read much more on all our stories on sportsday today as well as a build up to the first test between england and sri lanka tomorrow at old trafford, but for now from me and the rest of the team, good night. hello there. good evening. some unseasonably wet and windy weather coming up in this forecast. it certainly is going to feel like autumn at times this week, but there will also be some sunshine. lots of blue sky around today, for example, but also some heavy, blustery showers,

promoted side took a shock lead at the etihad, sammie szmodics with the goal seven minutes in but erling haalandraine now president zelensky has used a speech on the country's independence day to say russia's invasion has failed. he said moscow had tried to destroy his country, but instead war had returned to the russian soil. to mark independence day, 33 years of ukrainian independence, we can speak to doctorjames birch who hosts a ukrainian family here in the uk and a community development coordinator in lancashire. victoria, you arejoining us from ukraine. welcomed only to you both. victoria, it is only the 33rd anniversary of ukraine's independence. it is obviously a bittersweet moment for you given the war there. just reflect for us what your country is experiencing there. i reflect for us what your country is experiencing there.— reflect for us what your country is experiencing there. i am very proud to be ukrainian _ experiencing there. i am very proud to be ukrainian and _ experiencing there. i am very proud to be ukrainian and when _ experiencing there. i am very proud to be ukrainian a

both goals coming from that man erling haaland.gian opened the scoring after ten minutes before a ruben dias own goal made it 1—1. but this strike has pep guardiola's side ahead with the second halfjust about to get under way. earlier, last season's runners up, arsenalfailed to make it three wins from three. as did brighton. with both sides sharing the points at the emirates. the defining moment of the game came early in the second half as declan rice was sent off. arsenal were made to pay thereafter as alex fletcher reports. the end of the transfer window and teams have taken shape for the emirates expectation high this season for the raheem sterlings late arrival increasing the excitement. a further boost provided on the pitch, courtesy of kai have hurts. a delicate finish of arsenaljumping forjoy at the break. step forward, declan rice already on a yellow card, he fouled before delaying the restart him to see red. this gave bright and fresh hope and the man who scored their winner last week was on hand to get their equaliser for

erling haaland, who else, the hat—trick hero for pep guardiola's side, although it's worth noting thatbefore normal service was resumed. that was a good game. they started really well, on the front foot. they can do damage with the transition, they made a good goal. but yeah, we played really well, greater chances in the first—half. the second, they changed to five on the back, and spaces with our holding midfield. we had chances, so really pleased to start the season that way. it had chances, so really pleased to start the season that way.- start the season that way. it was something _ start the season that way. it was something for— start the season that way. it was something for us _ start the season that way. it was something for us to _ start the season that way. it was something for us to go _ start the season that way. it was something for us to go through l start the season that way. it was | something for us to go through at this stage — something for us to go through at this stage of the season the way the fixtures— this stage of the season the way the fixtures came out, it i

erling haaland, who else, the hat—trick hero for pep guardiola's side, although it's worth noting thatfore normal service was resumed. it was a good game. they started really well, on the front foot. they can do a good transition, they make a good goal, but we play really, really well. greater loads of chancesin really well. greater loads of chances in the first—half, the second they changed to five on the back, and the spaces under lap with our midfield, we had incredible control, we had chances, so will be pleased to start the season in that way. it pleased to start the season in that wa . . , pleased to start the season in that wa , ., , pleased to start the season in that wa . ., , ,., ., , pleased to start the season in that wa. ., ,., ., way. it was something for us to go throu~h at way. it was something for us to go through at this _ way. it was something for us to go through at this stage _ way. it was something for us to go through at this stage of— way. it was something for us to go through at this stage of the - way. it was something for us to go | through at this stage of t

megastar striker celebrated what was milestone occasion on his 100th appearance for his club, erling haalandred his 91st goal, city won the lab and they double their advantage in the second half when the former chelsea midfielder mateo kovacic one in from just inside the area, two-nil. the final score. city's manager, very happy for missing an immense privilege. >> so i cannot be more honored to be a manager of these guys so they gave me everything to me, everything. the joy, the happiness, the commitment to defend, the clutter represent and i'm sure unfortunately, i could not say we don't like to use for sure. >> but the performance was there. we compete against probably the best team in this for large part of the game we were at a similar, we'll go even better we create chances. i think the big difference between us and them today was just inside the box they were much more clinical than us. but the important thing at the end is to create chances and we're going to score i think chelsea have a lot of work to do the first round of games in the league this season has been spread over four da

they came behind ipswich, four games, erling haaland completed his hat—trick later on. minutes with three from city coming in the space of is four minutes. after... kevin de bruyne scored in between highlands pot roast first two. brighton also maintained their perfect start to the ceiling didn't matter a season. they were happy. they beat manchester united, 2—1. pedro scored in the fifth minute of injury time. the seagulls took three daniel welbeck�*s hundred premier league goal. this was before pedro's let her work on the south coast. i think we deserved _ her work on the south coast. i think we deserved to _ her work on the south coast. i think we deserved to win, _ her work on the south coast. i think we deserved to win, it _ her work on the south coast. i think we deserved to win, it was - her work on the south coast. i think we deserved to win, it was a - her work on the south coast. i think we deserved to win, it was a good l we deserved to win, it was a good game, it was not a perfect game. we had a chance to win the game but in the end, i think it is deserved an

two games into the premier league season and erling haaland has already scored four goals, adding anotherore. norway didn't qualify for the euros and haaland looks like he's benefited from the time off, refreshed and hungry. he's nowjust six goals away from the landmark of 100 for city — a tally even more incredible considering he's played just 101 games. yeah, the numbers are ridiculous. ridiculous. so, he can compete in terms of goals with cristiano and messi. the numbers are incredible at his age, short age, or course, and it is incredible for us and we are really, really happy to have him and hopefully, he can be here for many, many years, so it will be good for us. really good for us. can anyone stop manchester city this season? arsenal have run them close for two seasons now and also made it back—to—back wins at the start of the season. arsenal had a great win at aston villa. the home side missed their chances and were punished later in the second half. substitute leandro trossard scored with his first kick of the game. 2—0 it finished. brighton also have two wins out of two after b

but erling haaland scoring a hat trick and he's benefiting. and from not playing in the euros. a summer off. he looks fresh legs without doubt, without doubt. >> and i think again tell us about this incident with the ball boy. >> yeah it was it could have been disastrous. it really could. so what happened was west ham played down at crystal palace, london derby and there's some digital hoardings as you get on the perimeter of all the premier league grounds pretty much now, and it's quite close in at selhurst park and a young ball boy, probably about eight years old, was under the and we've got some pictures here actually i think, i think we can see them. yeah there's some some fan footage. >> should we be looking. >> should we be looking. >> so the west ham fans surge forward when they scored right. yeah. so the hoarding falls in. >> and i see so the crowd surged forward because there was a goal forward because there was a goal. yes. >> and the ball boy was caught. caught under it tomas soucek who scored the goal recognised the danger and managed to push the hoarding up for a s

dijk, kyle walker, rodri from manchester city, declan rice, martin odegaard also from arsenal, erling haaland foden. so that is in the team and the women's game. khadua team and the women's game. khadija shaw from manchester city and grace clinton from manchester united, although she was on loan from spurs, she won the young player as well. >> oh, right . cracking >> oh, right. cracking >> oh, right. cracking >> you know what? that's what they said at the awards. well they said at the awards. well they did, they said this is absolutely cracking. and there you go. >> it's cracking. yeah i've got ihave >> it's cracking. yeah i've got i have to say it's cole. cole palmer. i just think they aren't very young though, aren't they? >> they are really, really young. >> well, they have there's actually is he. >> they say the i think he's what 2021. i think he is. but the thing is they say the young player has to be under the age of 24, which these days is just is ridiculous because that's pretty much a normal football player. and they're getting younger and younger. you've got 17 year olds coming in n