we will come to the europa league defeated a moment. but a look at the other fixtures. leicester in the early game on saturday. chelsea against bournemouth is one of five three o‘clock kick—offs, while manchester city host newcastle in the late match. and on sunday, unai emery‘s arsenal play at cardiff, while tottenham liverpool will be looking to maintain their winning start to the season and bossjurgen klopp says he has no complaints about their record signing keeper alisson, who is yet to concede in the league. so far we have defended well. it is not like he had 20 shots on target. hopefully it will stay like this. he is spot on. the highest concentration level is needed. hopefully lester will not be ten, 15 shots on target. we have to avoid that. so far, so good. nothing to moan about. it has been a perfect start to the season for liverpool. we talk about them being title contenders every year but do you get the feeling this year they have more strength in their squad and can challenge until the end? absolutely. they have addressed the downfall last season in terms

they lost their final europa league qualifier a—2 on aggregate to 0lympiakos tonight.eg in greece and were all but out when they went behind on the night. despite matej vydra's late equaliser after some penalty box pinball — the result ends burnley‘s first participation in europe for 51 years rangers and celtic will both be in the draw for the europa league which takes place tomorrow. rangers drew 1—all with nine men against russian side fc ufa, to win the tie 2—1. celtic beat lithuanian side suduva 3—0 on the night and a—1 on aggregate. eight—time winners liverpool have been drawn at home to chelsea in the third round of the carabao cup. this is the stage where teams playing in europe join the competition. of the others who received a bye into round three, arsenal will host brentford, holders manchester city will travel to league one oxford united, tottenham watford is one of three all—premier league ties, while manchester united are at home to frank lampard's derby county. the full draw is at our website. scotland's women's world cup fate is out of their hands, despi

bali have it all to do tonight, 0lympiacos a club more used to the champions league than the europa leagued in athens could be crucial, they will believe they can get something here tonight. if the win 2—0 tonight, they will go through. they will be cheered on by a passionate support as ever at dartmoor, desperate for this european adventure to continue. this is burnley‘s first time in europe since the 1960s. having said that, it will be a juggling act for sean dyche in terms of selection. manchester united are the next visitors here in the premier league on sunday, so we probably will shake up on sunday, so we probably will shake up his pristine selection tonight. but he will be confident that whatever tea m but he will be confident that whatever team keep eggs were given everything and give him a chance of going through to the group stages of the europa league. scotland's women are looking to take fate into their own hands with victory in tonight's crucial world cup qualifier against switzerland. ideally, the scots need to win by two goals against the group leaders to move a step closer

the europa league is reward enough believe in who is in this time around after the disappointments of the season before direct attacking football is back on the bahrain a menu served up by a gifted ensemble eager to entertain. aware very motivated by the funding i know before which is going to press that behind us and we can't ask for nothing more. i go ahead breathe fresh life into the team in its first season in charge with many of the younger players really blossoming. still to see just how. secure. but as with leipsic inconsistency was a recurring issue over the season. since we had no need so we're not ready to be calling ourselves a top club and know that we also have managed to win three games in a row this season and i'm not going to bring in the end they only missed out on the champions league by goal difference but fifth place is a finished live accusing pink gladly live with. a match day thirty four parties own hoffenheim. like. that very own final and they want to free one against dortmund third in the table and into the champions league some experience with the extra yard

three young teams who took the fight for the champions and europa league places down to the final match day. after a sensational second places newcomers leipsic kicked off their second biggest legacies and with justified high hopes they went to dortmund and one day like fully done just like for the x. you can find yourself. at home they beat eventual runners up shocker top dogs by and also departed leipsic empty handed. i think the people it was an important win by i hope just because that's what i have back in the champions league next. but the red bulls also showed a less happy face this season like their home defeat to sell as well as kilo. and on match day thirty two beaten. you know i have minds a fatal blow to that champions league hopes. interior of all as a kind of hunting areas of the mining is a moment not so easy to keep recovering from a setback. of two to. six place at the finish but leipsic aiming higher after two productive years of the club ralph pozen who will not be their birth but. the europa league is reward enough for labor who isn't this time around after the disap

the champions league, ta ke winners of the champions league, take on local rival athletic oh, europa league player everyone will have their eyes on is the man who scored two goals in the champions league final. but the question on everybody‘s the lips in the build—up, is gareth bale the man to replace cristiano ronaldo following his transfer to juventus for £100 million? translation: gareth is a player we love, we a re translation: gareth is a player we love, we are happy he is with us, he has been in real madrid many seasons and from the first day has been training hard. he is an important player for our team and we need great players, for example gareth. i am not going to speak of the past and the present. despite winning the champions league four times, gareth bale is often criticised by media in spain because of injuries and a lack of consistency. translation: in my opinion it can be this season when he can shine a lot and he can be the leader of real madrid. he will do a great season. in preseason bale has scored against ac milan, juventus and rome but a goal in the super cup derby aga

the europa league champions, atletico, took the lead in the first minute through diego costa, beforeenzema equalised, and a ramos penalty turned the game around for the champions league winners. costa's second sent the game to extra—time, where a brilliant saul volley put atletico back in front, before koke scored a fourth. they made history by becoming the first premier league champions to reach 100 points. now, the inside story of manchester city's record—breaking season is to be revealed in a brand new documentary. it looks at how pep guardiola's side were able to win the title in such emphatic fashion, and features a range of players who made it possible, like kevin de bruyne. dan walker went to to meet

three british clubs are hoping to take a big step towards the europa league group stages tonight.tic and rangers are in action and burnley are in greece to face olympiakos in the first leg of their play—off round. sean dyche says it'll be the toughest test his side have faced in europe so far. the prestige of any tournament is when you play against the big names. as you rightly say, they have got history and a knowledge of different european nights and that is in their favour slightly. tiger woods and phil mickelson will go head to head in a winner takes all $9 million dollar duel

they'll be popping the corks at burnley who score late to beat aberdeen in the europa league. captain kohli scores a wonderful century to keep india in the first test. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm chris mitchell. a lot to get through this evening. england's world cup journey has come to an end at the olympic park. but ireland's continues after an amazing win against india. our reporterjo currie is at the olympic park. nederlandse the world number one. we are disappointed naturally as english france but is this unexpected? it was not to be for england tonight. you mentioned that nederlandse were the defending champions and world number one. england ranked second in the world. ten and a half thousand people and england's cannot get job ten and a half thousand people and england's cannot getjob done, losing 2—0 across the match. our goal by a dutch player for the first finish. and the further later on, the dutch made sure they would be put through what they will face australia in the semifinals on saturday. a completely different story for ireland tonight. they are up stor

with swedish international force bird scoring a penalty in the ninetieth minute the draw for the europa league group stage takes place later today. and the draw for the champions league group stage took place in monaco thursday with four german clubs competing in that tournament group a c's brosius dortmund draw alongside europa league champions and let it go madrid meanwhile dortmund's local rivals face the national champions of russia portugal and turkey in and even in group d. and honestly the champions byron munich have what looks like a straightforward task hoffenheim meanwhile who are playing in the champions league proper for the first time in their history face an uphill battle against the likes of manchester city leo and donetsk. well at the u.s. open in new york some of the big names have booked their spots in the third round the twenty six team champion germany's angela had a rough ride in her match against your one of larsen in sweden after winning the opening set the number four's he dropped the second before recovering in the decider six two five seven six for the final score the

draw europe's second continent wide competition the europa league has also had its group stage determined a total of forty eight teams have been sorted into twelve groups by reliever couzin missed out on champions league qualification on goal difference last season they compete in group a along side the bulgarian champions. leipzig qualified via the play offs and will face sister club f.c. salzburg of clubs are bankrolled by energy drinks company red bull and joining them in a competitive group b. are scottish champions celtic and german cup winners frankfurt face an uphill struggle in group h. against marsay and rome based lot c.-o. as last year's champions atletico madrid qualified automatically for the champions league lucky. a europe soccer governing body you weigh five plans to implement video assistant referees in the champions league and europa league from the years twenty nineteen twenty twenty from those seasons and until now you has resisted the use of the v.a.r. system it was used at the world cup in russia this year as well as in some european domestic leagues last season the

rangers make it through to the final round of qualifying for this season's europa league.s is in the england squad ahead of the third test against india, "for his own wellbeing" according to head coach trevor bayliss. and great britain take home seven medals on the fourth day of action at the world para—swimming european championships in dublin. hello and welcome to sportsday. rangers made sure theyjoined celtic in next week's europa league play—offs, showing plenty of grit and determination against maribor in slovenia this evening. it may have finished goalless but, as patrick gearey reports, rangers boss steven gerrard won't mind the scoreline. this is as close as he gets to a midfield these days but the first season midfield these days but the first seasonis midfield these days but the first season is going well. rangers are unbeaten in a month and 3—1 up. they we re unbeaten in a month and 3—1 up. they were largely toothless on the pitch. just when the goalkeeper has to be at his most alert, as he was here. 36, he has seen that trick before. they grew more urgent after

then brown things his club should challenge for trophies like the german comp and the europa league. germany coach yogi love was on hand to see if you could back up his bullish comments with a big performance. and in the early stages but fed leon bailey whipped in a cross only for lucas a lot easier to stumble while trying to add the finishing touch perhaps he should have gone with his foot. soon after the visitors went close again with bailey hitting the crossbar the jamaican forward was me inches away from giving live accuse nearly. got back while growing into the game though and when benyamin hendricks kicks the ball on to his own arm they have the chance to score from the spot so organizer stepped up but the belgian was denied by runners on was never christmas back up keeper the hero of the moment. after the break glass became increasingly dominant in the fifty fifth minute they were awarded another penalty after alexander drug of it went in lights on floor young noise house you're not for months exceeded where his teammate as had failed to make it one nil. and just three minutes

scottish champions lack pride according to their boss as they condede a poor goal to draw their europa leagueen week ban for chris ashton — the sale and england winger will miss the first six rounds of the premiership season, after an illegal tip—tackle. petrol in his blood — michael schumacher‘s son mick talks to us about following his father into motor—racing. brendan rodgers claimed his celtic side lacked pride in defending, after they conceeded a poor goal to draw 1—1 draw in the first leg of their europa league play—off against suduva in lithuania. the game was just three minutes old when olivier ntcham nodded them in front against the lithuanian champions, but their frailties at the back were exposed ten minutes later. still lots of work to do in the second leg. rivals rangers were 1—0 winners over ufa. i feel for supporters to me. ifeel for supporters to me. they have come all the way out here about 200 of them all the way out probably trains, buses the whole thing. and it's a disappointing performance from them. they see a goal, but we had to be much better than that. elsewhere, burnl

burnley continue their quest for europe — beat 0lympiakos over legs, and they‘ re in the europa leagues. the first leg kicks off in half an hour. we have a freshness and newness about us to come and take these challenges on. also coming up in the programme: petrol in his blood — michael schumacher‘s son mick, talks to us about following his father into motor—racing. hello and welcome to sportsday. thank you forjoining us, we will be starting with breaking news... in the last half hour, england and sale wing chris ashton has been given a seven—week ban from rugby union, he appeared at a disciplinary hearing this afternoon, following an illegal tip—tackle in a preseason friendly. the ban means he'll miss the first six rounds of the premiership season. chris jones, our rugby union correspondent, joins me now from our london newsroom. it is quite a meaty band, where you expecting such a lengthy lay—off? it is quite a meaty band, where you expecting such a lengthy lay—offlm isa expecting such a lengthy lay—offlm is a shock, the low—end sanction for a tip tackle is six weeks so unless they mis

rio are the holders of a title that's played for by the previous seasons champions league and europa league winners will be liverpool in the champions league final was a whole let's go i want to get small say in the europa league decider rail caps and surge ramos says the club will be able to cope without one although it was sold to the sally in simi events as during the close season as yet rare haven't signed a high profile replacements as well so bridget a lot at stake is first competitive game in charge of rio since he took over from the senate in sit down. of course to lose the player that with the important parameter it was always going to be a negative thing but this doesn't mean the real madrid is going to start winning titles it's all around the reds history has there been a lot of players from the thumb of the best in the world led by real madrid at the club is above all of them former barcelona star andress iniesta is making himself at home in japan and yes to score in his second goal in as many games for his new club is so the twenty ten world cup winner move to the jail after a

from the fourth tier of swedish football to the top flight and having that remarkable run in the europa league already concerned how little activity there has been in the transfer market, so this looks like a long job for potter, and i think it could be a slow burner for swansea city. most of his playing career was with york city, a very different background to that of another man starting life as a manager in the english championship. frank lampard has more than 100 caps for england, after a summer on the bbc‘s punditry team at the world cup hisaj this new season as manager of derby county. well, i'm excited, definitely —— ye start this new season. i am focused. it certainly has brought another intensity to my later this week. it was an intense pre—season anyway before that, but i am very excited, and of course there will be nerves, match day. close to frank lampard‘s managerial debut, and you wouldn‘t really know it. he might not be showing it but there is pressure on thisjob. might not be showing it but there is pressure on this job. they reach the play—offs last season and will be expected

and it's a new era for real madrid christiana rinaldo was no longer part of the team europa league winners i. did manage to hold on to their star on twenty. that get equal madrid is expected to field a familiar lineup like ill be one of coach diego simeone aces famously hot to beat formations that let it go have a one hundred percent win record in this competition winning it twice and beyond is expecting the return of these man will at firepower to attack the world cup when a missed the team's first week outing of the season over the weekend they head to head record between it let it cool and realises heavily in reality favor but the super cop is on neutral ground in a stone. you know if your most important thing in any final isn't about being in better shape physically or how we did in preseason the most important thing is the emotion in. this game can be decided on an emotional level. but now the post or not to iraq begins in earnest this is the first chance to assess this revamped reality and you cotulla know potato has underlined the importance of getting his tenure off to a go

a poor goal was conceded to draw 1—1 in the first leg of their europa league play—off against sud inudova. lots of work to do in the second leg. elsewhere, rivals rangers were 1—0 winners.|j feel for the supporters tonight. you know, they've come all the way out here, 200 of them, all the way out, probably trains, buses, the whole thing and it's a disappointing performance for them. they go away, 0k, they seem a goal but we have to be much better than that. burnley need a big comeback in the second leg of their europa league play—off after they were beaten 3—1 by lnp costs a nd after they were beaten 3—1 by lnp costs and they had ben gibson sent off on the night in athens. now, it's not been the return to english by it's not been the return to english rugby chris ashton was hoping for —— by olympiakos. he has been banned for seven weeks after getting a red ca rd for seven weeks after getting a red card for a for seven weeks after getting a red card fora tip for seven weeks after getting a red card for a tip tackle in a preseason friendly last week against castre. he didn't accept the

there were five first leg matches in europa league third qualifying round involving british teams tonightaksehir finished goalless, as it did between hibs and 0le gunnar solskjaer‘s molde. rangers will take a 3—1 lead to slovenia next week as they saw off nk maribor and welsh side new saints were beaten 2—0 at home by danish champions fc midtjylland. play got under way in the 100th us pga championship at bellerive country club in missouri this afternoon. american justin thomas is defending the title he won at quail hollow last year. the last man to succesfully defend the us pga is one of his playing partners today — a certain tiger woods back in 2007. his other playing partner, northern ireland's rory mcilroy had a disappointing start, and finished on level par. thomas made a very good start to his defence with three birdies in his first six holes and finished one under. he's 4 shots off the lead of fellow american rickie fowler. some tennis news, and johanna konta is currently on court at the canadian open in montreal for the second time today. earlier the british number one beat the for

fans clashed ahead of the europa league match with croatian side osijek.n. police scotland have appealed for witnesses. theresa may will interrupt her holiday this afternoon to hold talks with the french president emmanuel macron about the brexit negotiations. she'll travel to his island retreat in the south of france where it's expected she'll urge the president to soften his stance ahead of a crucial summit of eu leaders in salzburg next month. regular exposure to even low levels of air pollution may affect the heart to such an extent that it would be similar to the early stages of heart failure. according to a study for the british heart foundation, the changes were comparable to being consistently inactive or having raised blood pressure. britain's biggest foodbank charity has called for extra donations to ensure children get free school meals during term time don't go hungry during the school holidays. the trussell trust says last year thousands more emergency food packs were provided during the summer months. last week, the government announced a £2

feynoord bounced back from their humiliating defeat to trencin in the europa league and to de graafschapf the season, to beat excelsior 3—0 in the league. robin van persie broke the deadlock in the 17th minute. but the pick of the goals came courtesy of veteran centre half jan arie van der heijden. great back heel, the phrase "good touch" for a big man appropriate. he'll be asking his coach gio van bronckhorst for some time up front next. tennis, and novak djokovic has won the cincinnati masters for the first time, beating roger federer in straight sets in the final. federer was bidding to win the tournament for a record—extending 8th time, and to claim a 99th tour title in the process, but he was second—best to djokovic who was desperate to win after losing in five previous finals in cincinnati. the wimbledon champion won the opening set 6—4 and he snuffed out any hopes of a federer fightback by taking the second set as well. djokovic has now won 31 masters series titles, and he's the first player to win all nine tournaments at least once. there was an upset in the women's final as kiki

their rivals laver couzens julieann but aren't says they want even more at least the german cup or europa league title a tight battle was on the cards so let's take a look at how the game and. germany coach yogi love was on hand to see if you could back up his bullish comments with a big performance. and in the early stages but thirdly young bailey whipped in a cross only for lucas a lot easier to stumble while trying to add the finishing touch habsi should have gone with his foot. soon after the visitors went close again with bailey hitting the crossbar that you make and forward was me inches away from giving live accuse nearly. got back were growing into the game though and when benyamin hendricks kicks the ball on to his own arm they have the chance to school from the spot talking azar stepped up but the belgian was denied by runners and was champ never couzens back up keeper the hero of the moment. after the break glass became increasingly dominant in the fifty fifth minute they were awarded another penalty after alexander drug of it went in lights on flowing yet neuer house you're an asshol

to football and the scottish champions celtic were held to 1—all draw in the first leg of their europa leaguef the champions league after losing in the last qualifiying round, took the lead through their french midfielder 0livier ntcham after only three minutes. but less than ten minutes later the lithuanian side were level. 0vidijus verbickas with the equaliser. it means the tie is level ahead of next week's second leg, but celtic will be favourites to qualify for the group stage, which home advantage for the return match, and and away goal in the bag. elswhere, konsta ntinos fortounis scored twice as 0lympiakos beat burnley 3—1, steven gerrard maintained his unbeaten record as rangers manager as they beat ufa 1—0 in glasgow, and pablo sarabia scored the only goal of the game as five—time winners sevilla won at czech side sigma 0lumoots. that means they roughly have one foot into the group stage. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. well, some noticeable changes to the weather to end the week.

thousand and six world cup saddle kaiserslautern with big debts and soon the club was swapping europa league football for the second division bosses came and went but mismanagement proved constant and last season the club was relegated once more. luda the fact that it's now hoffenheim the recent upstart from the region bringing the bonus league back to kaiserslautern is met with mixed feelings. forcing terms it's an enormous challenge to play a champions league side it's not the kind of big name club that we would expect to sell out the stadium for but still it's abundance league at champions league level team against a third division team but that's what's so interesting about football that a sensation is always possible in a game like this one as in south america has a sensation used to mean bringing home the world cup now a victory against hoffenheim would qualify in cases louts and footballing dreams have become arc of lee more modest. i found frenzy greece as you say in bold as the track and field star arrives at fifty airports ahead of his trial at football a league saw the central coa

the russian side, zenit st petersburg, pulled off the biggest europa league comeback in 33 years afterning a 4—0 first—leg deficit against dinamo minsk to win their third round qualifier. zenit managed to score the four goals they needed to take the game to extra time, that's despite having a player sent off. but they then went 5—4 down to minsk, before coming back again to score four more goals, winning 8—5 on aggregate. meanwhile, sevilla thrashed lithuanian side zalgiris 5—0 in their second leg to win 6—0 overall. steven gerrard's rangers side are also into the final play—off round after a goalless draw against slovenian side maribor ensured a 3—1 aggregate win. and burnley are one round away from the group stage too after a 1—0 win over istanbul basaksehir in extra time. it was somewhat inevitable after they lifted the world cup last month, france have been named as the number one team in the men's fifa rankings, which were announced on thursday. didier deschamps‘ side rose six places to take the top spot from germany after winning the world cup for the second time, moving them ahe

the europa league would be drawn on friday. not looking too bad at all across most of the uk. for the next couple of days will probably bring a little bit of cloud, a little bit of rain, not an awful lot. it is in fact going to be mostly dry for a lot of us and crucially, the temperatures will be rising. so while meteorological summer is coming to an end and friday is the last day of meteorological summer, and the 1st of september, it is autumn, technically, according to meteorologists. this is the forecast for the early hours of friday, a lot of clear weather out there, temperatures will be around 12 degrees at 5am on friday, a bit chilly in newcastle and edinburgh. we are talking about six, there will be a hint of autumn first thing on friday morning. some sunshine around and a beautiful start to the day. there is a weather front approaching, you can see thatjust to the west of our neighbourhood. that will encroach on to northern ireland and maybe the isles of scilly later in the day, bringing a few spots of rain but nothing

with atletico but have won the champions league for the past three seasons, while atletico are europa leaguevery time that you are playing in a final, it means you have done things right, and winning three champions league titles in a row means you have the chance to reaffirm yourselves as champions and we would be very excited to achieve this new record. tennis now, and roger federer breezed through to the third round of the cincinnati masters after a 6—4, 6—4 win over germany's peter gojowczyk, and he'll play argentina's leonardo mayer in the last 16. while just two days after losing the toronto masters final to novak djokovic, and having turned 20 that same day, stefanos tsitsipas struggled against belgium's david goffin, missing shots on vital points to crash out, while iith seed goffin goes on to play france's benoit paire. the australian nick kyrgios usually changes into his tennis shoes on court, but left them in the changing room for his match against denis kudla. he took time to settle into them, losing the first set on the tie break before winning the next two to set up a last 32 m

lost 2—1 this evening in the greek capital and they have dropped into the playoffs now for the europa league. thick reports. the champions league is about money and prestige. failure to reach the group stage we see celtic miss out on more than £10 million. the funds needed to attract and retain players. manager brendan rodgers would have diedrich in his defence, but the u nsettled diedrich in his defence, but the unsettled belgians that he's not yet 100% operational. neither were his team—mates. caught ball watching as roderigo made the top result to carter with six minutes gone. rangers could bring in have all failed to beat adk athens in greece, with strikers missing through injury was going to be a stretch for celtic to buck that trend. things looked beyond their reach when marco doubled the host lead, but scott sinclair came off the bench to give celtic hope with 12 minutes to go. they came close, but not close enough, out by the finest of margins, but at a great cost. there we re margins, but at a great cost. there were 3a ties in the first round of the league cup tonight, teens from le

lafferty could make his debut in tomorrow's europa league qualifier. eo assisted referee, used in the champions league. uefa has been using trials to find out if it can overcome some logistical problems. it could be implemented during the quarter finals stages, with it set to be recommended next week and a final decision to be made next month. cricket now. and if you were after a bit more drama and excitement in the series between england and india — you've got it. after the first two tests, some thought the hosts might have it all wrapped up by now but defeat by 203 runs this morning at trent bridge to a much improved indian side has forced captain joe root to defend his squad and insists they're still in charge. it's obviously not good enough in this format, and for the group of players that we have got, it's well below par and what we are capable of doing, even if it is polar— friendly conditions. revert back to a few things that have worked extremely well for us in the past, and we now have to carry that forward and do it for long periods of time. w

a full round up of tonight's european football action as rangers reach the group stage of the europa leaguegland coach says he should apologise publicly despite being found not guilty of affray.

the europa league champions, atletico, took the lead in the first minute through diego costa, beforeor the champions league winners. costa's second sent the game to extra—time, where a brilliant saul volley put atletico back in front, before koke scored a fourth. they made history by becoming the first premier league champions to reach 100 points. now, the inside story of manchester city's record—breaking

the europa league champions, atletico, took the lead in the first minute through diego costa, beforeenzema equalised, and a ramos penalty turned the game around for the champions league winners. costa's second sent the game to extra—time, where a brilliant saul volley put atletico back in front, before koke scored a fourth. they made history by becoming the first premier league champions to reach 100 points. now, the inside story of manchester city's record—breaking season is to be revealed in a brand new documentary. it looks at how pep guardiola's side were able to win the title in such emphatic fashion, and features a range of players who made it possible, like kevin de bruyne. dan walker went to to meet the belgium midfielder ahead of the release. the show is a real eye opener. what was it like to have so many cameras with you for so much time? so in the beginning it was a little bit weird. you don't know the people you are working with. what then, after time, you forget they are there. because obviously the people are there every single day. you get to know them, you become fami

league holders real before diego costa prodded a late equaliser to make it 2—2, and it was the europa leaguee fore in extra time, saul niguez smashed a beautiful volley, just a couple of minutes before koke side footed diego simeone's side 11—2 up to give them a third super cup triumph. both surrey and birmingham bears kept alive their hopes of reaching the t20 blast quarterfinals by winning in their penultimate group games this evening. the bears bowled out lancashire forjust 102 at edgbaston helped by this lovely ball from josh poysden and four wickets from team—mate oliver hannon—dalby, before chasing down their target with nearly six overs to spare. theyjoin lancs in the last eight. elsewhere, surrey beat hampshire by seven wickets at the oval. in the kia women's superleague, loughborugh lightning have beaten western storm to overtake them at the top of the table. rachael haynes hit a half century for loughborugh, as they won by nine wickets. the result means that lightening will progress directly to the final if they beat yorkshire diamonds in their last group match on saturday. great b

and on sunday, rangers are at aberdeen and hibs, fresh from qualifying for the europa league, play motherwellf the lead in the women's british open golf. she's behind thailand's pornanong phatlum, who leads on 10—under at royal lytham & st anne's. hall still hasn't dropped a shot and four birdies today took her to 9—under par, in a three—way tie for second place. compatriot florentyna parker is five off the pace. but the shot of the day so far came from canada's brooke henderson. she got a hole—in—one on the par—3 9th. 0ne bounce and then straight in the hole! meanwhile at the men's wgc at akron in the us, two britons are leading the way in ohio. tommy fleetwood shot a 7—under par 63 to move into a share of the lead, alongside ian poulter and america's justin thomas. fleetwood hit five birdies on friday as he chases a second title of the year. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more sport throughout the weekend. but now on bbc news, it's time for the papers. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are martin bentham, home affairs ed