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como glistens. it's a location that has always attracted investors, and now they're here for women's football. i've always thought it was a good business. six months ago, a new investment group bought fcstarting with women's professional teams in europe. we believe that there is an incredible opportunity to give those clubs the fuel that they need to ride, you know, obviously a big wave that we're seeing in women's sport. it was here in these glamorous surroundings that mercury 13 first launched their project. but they have ambitions that extend far beyond the shores of lake como and see investments in english women's football as a priority. the group want to invest over £80 million into the women's game and turn their teams into global brands. they've already given como — a mid—table team in italy's top flight — a whole new look. the training ground has been upgraded and rebranded since the new owners took over, and a raft of new signings have come through the door. they're getting ready for the first game of the new season. i came because of the project. when you have a woman—only club, then a first women's team, it's the first team, you know, and you get everything, you get priorit

the mercury 13 group bought theirfirst club, fc como women, in italy earlier this year, and has pledgedspend more than £80m building up a multi—club portfolio exclusively in women's football. they say investment in england is an absolute priority. we believe there is an incredible opportunity to give these clubs they feel they need to write a big wave we are seeing in women's sport and cement themselves as the world's super clubs. the atp tennis tour continues its far—east swing. the first round of the japan open is underway in tokyo. second seed hubert hurkacz is through after beating marcos giron in three sets, it's his first match since losing to the australian jordan thompson in the second round of the us open last month. he'll face eitherjack draper or mattia bellucci. there were also wins for ugo humbert, mariano navone and matteo berrettini. lots more on the bbc sport website including details of naomi osaka's win in the china open, herfirst match with new coach patrick mouratoglou. back to lucy. seeing in women's sport and cement themselves as the world's super clubs. the atp te

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como glistens. it's a location that has always attracted investors, and now they're here for women's football. i've always thought it was a good business. six months ago, a new investment group bought fcat there is an incredible opportunity to give these clubs the fuel that they need to ride, you know, obviously a big wave that we're seeing in women's sports. it was here in these glamourous surroundings that mercury/13 first launched their project. but they have ambitions that extend far beyond the shores of lake como and see investments in english women's football as a priority. the training ground has been upgraded and rebranded since the new owners took over, and a raft of new signings have come through the door. i came because of the project. when you have a woman—only club, then a first women's team, it's the first team, you know, and you get everything. you get priorities. it hasn't all been plain sailing. the group were in discussions to buy lewes fc in england, but the deal fell through. for now, the focus is here at stadio ferruccio. como's supporters are getting their first glimpse of the new team, and so are the owners. they hope women's football can be big business. so wha

the mercury 13 group bought theirfirst club, fc como women, in italy earlier this year, and has pledgedi—club portfolio exclusively in women's football. they say investment in england is an "absolute priority". we believe there is an incredible opportunity to give these clubs they feel they need to write a big wave they need to ride a big wave we are seeing in women's sport and cement themselves as the world's super clubs. if you want to keep across all of those life scores in the football you can do that via the bbc sport website and app, but that's it for me at the moment. this was the last day of the labour party conference in liverpool, and it ended with quite an embarrassing defeat for the government on that proposed cut to the winter fuel allowance. a union motion that called on ministers to reverse the cuts, was carried this afterrnoon by a show of hands, with members cheering as the result was announced. that was carried. cheers. there will be no apology from the prime minister. in fact today, he has been outlining another area where the government is looking to claw back money,

the mercury 13 group bought theirfirst club, fc como women, in italy earlier this year, and has pledgedre than £80m building up a multi—club portfolio exclusively in women s football. they say investment in england is an absolute priority. we believe there is an incredible opportunity to give these clubs the fuel they need to ride a big wave we are seeing in women's sport and cement themselves as the world's super clubs. the atp tennis tour continues its far—east swing. the first round of the japan open is underway in tokyo. second seed hubert hurkacz is through after beating marcos giron in three sets, it's his first match since losing to the australian jordan thompson in the second round of the us open last month. he'll face eitherjack draper or mattia bellucci. there were also wins for ugo humbert, mariano navone and matteo berrettini. and that's all the sport for now. there's more on naomi osaka's win at the china open on the bbc sport website — it was her first since starting a new partnership with serena williams�* former coach patrick mouratoglou. for now, i'll pass you back to k

the mercury 13 group bought theirfirst club, fc como women, in italy earlier this year, and has pledgedbig wave we are seeing in women's sport and cement themselves as the world's super clubs. british pair sophie unwin and pilotjenny holl claimed a second silver medal of the world paracycling championships in zurich. coming home second in the tandem road race. with 15 kilometres to go, unwin and holl fell behind the irish team of katie—george dunlevy and linda kelly who maintained their lead until the end to claim the gold, with the british tandem finishing almost 90 seconds later to add to their silver from the b individual time trial on sunday. the irish team that won where the ones we were looking out for. they were really good and it is great to see their mettle today, but the ones who won today, but the ones who won today were always going to be the big competition so we were always watching them. they played it as a team well and i'm really happy for them that they have all meddled. but i wanted that metal to be cold today and i got solar. —— gold and i got silver. and that's all

como glistens. it's a location that has always attracted investors, and now they're here for women's football. i've always thought it was a good business. six months ago, a new investment group bought fcrope. we believe that there is an incredible opportunity to give those clubs the fuel that they need to ride, you know, obviously a big wave that we're seeing in women's sport. it was here in these glamorous surroundings that mercury 13 first launched their project. but they have ambitions that extend far beyond the shores of lake como, and see investments in english women's football as a priority. the group want to invest over £80 million into the women's game and turn their teams into global brands. they've already given como — a mid—table team in italy's top flight — a whole new look. the training ground has been upgraded and rebranded since the new owners took over, and a raft of new signings have come through the door. they're getting ready for the first game of the new season. i came because of the project. when you have a woman only club, then a first women's team, it's the first team, you know, and you get everything, you get priorities. it hasn't all been plain sailing. the gr

fc twente in the europa league. is this the team that launches a revolution in women's football? we find out how money could flow from lake comotain ben stokes is "on track" to take part in their upcoming series against pakistan. you're very welcome along to the programme, wherever you're watching around the world. the europa league season is up and running, along with a new format that matches the new champions league one. 36 teams are competing in a league stage, before the knockout rounds of matches, and manchester united would have hoped for a better start — they were held to a disappointing 1—1 draw at home to dutch side fc twente, the boyhood club of united manager erik ten hag.

fc twente in the europa league. is this the team that launches a revolution in women's football? we find out how money could flow from lake comoay their captain ben stokes is "on track" to take part in their upcoming series against pakistan. you're very welcome along to the programme, wherever you're watching around the world. the europa league season is up and running — along with a new format that matches the new champions league one. 36 teams are competing in a league stage, before the knockout rounds of matches, and manchester united would have hoped for a better start — they were held to a disappointing 1—1 draw at home to dutch side fc twente, the boyhood club of united manager erik ten hag. with more, here's tom gayle. it was always going to be a memorable night for erik ten hag, welcoming the team he supported, played for and was assistant manager when twente lifted their only league title to date in 2010. christian eriksen's clean strike just inside the box ten minutes before the break saw the hosts edge a tight first half. in the 68th minute, though, the dane saw his pocket picked by sam lammers, who drove straight a