superstars like rashford, sancho, foden, grealish and saka.s summer, they took england to theirfirst tournament final for 55 years. also in the england squad is 21—year—old reece james. he came through chelsea's academy, starting out atjust six years old. his dad nigel has been with him every step of the way. we're fortunate that it's worked for reece. from the age of 13 to 15, he had some tough times. but that's what made him the person he is today, was it hard for you as a parent going through thatjourney? yeah, it's a journey. i wouldn't like to go through it again. the vast majority of youngsters whojoin premier league academies will never play a professional match. parents like nigel are on a constant knife edge. is it not exhausting as a parent? it's exhausting and it's a relief if your son's successful. and if not? if not, it could be a disaster. nine years ago the premier league and the football association introduced the elite player performance plan — or eppp. academies were expanded, money was ploughed in and ambitious targets were

nathan ake got the first, with riyad mahrez, jack grealish, joao cancelo and gabrieljesus also on theate that every time they scored a goal, we scored immediately. they scored, we scored, and that helped us to become where we are at the time. and jordan henderson's long range volley was the difference for liverpool, who got the better of milan at anfield. they were 2—1 down at half—time, after two quick goals from ante rebic and brahim diaz put the italian side ahead. mo salah equalised — he'd earlier missed a penalty before henderson's goal gave liverpool a 3—2 victory. we made hard work of the game, you know, but we need to give good credit to the side, they were good players. when you aren't quite having a spell in the game, you get punished at this level and they did that. but, i thought the boys reacted so well in the second half. we went through some finer details at half—time that could help us go out in the second half and put it right but, yes, we kept going, and managed to find a couple of goals to win the game. overall, we are delighted with the result. that's like a sport.

. —— nathan ake pond at the game caught fire and at 3—2 jack grealish showed just why city is paid aht in the champions league. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello. autumn is now gently, slowly but surely, creeping in across the northern hemisphere. autumn is now gently making its presence felt across the uk. the days are getting a little bit shorter, but we are seeing some decent sunshine this week, and there's some warmth in it still at this point in september. and that should make quite short work of our first autumn visitor, shall we say — increasing amounts of early morning mist and fog. there will be some, certainly i think first thing thursday, across northern england, parts of the midlands, wales, down into the west country. some early showers for the northeast of scotland, but come the afternoon, fairly widespread sunshine. more cloud, though, later in the day, getting into northern ireland and some rain. and that rain will be persistent and heavy at times for northern ireland through friday, as our weather front stalls t

they paid a whopping £100 million forjack grealish — they're hoping he might be the key to take themhis season. however, psg could be their toughest opponents along the way. they, of course, made the standout signing of the summer, by bringing lionel messi to paris. but it's not really gone to plan so far. he's struggled with some fitness issues. he's only played 90 minutes once, and he's still yet to score. but, if there's anyone who knows just what the little magician is capable of, then it's pep guardiola. together they had one of the most successful player—manager combinations of the modern era at barcelona. they won 14 trophies together, in four years. but since pep left the club, messi's become a bit of a thorn in his side. he's scored six goals in four champions league games against teams managed by guardiola, the most of any player in the competition. and now, of course, he's got these two alongside him. world cup winner kylian mbappe and brazilian superstar neymar. they've not quite fired yet, but all of paris will be desperately hoping tonight is the night that they do. wel

so a great night for manchester city and in particular, jack grealish.ying better, and i'm pretty sure that he will be better in the future. his contribution was again high, it was good. nottingham forest are now looking for a new manager, just seven weeks into the season, christian has been sacked. forest are bottom of the league with just one point from theirfirst league with just one point from their first seven league with just one point from theirfirst seven games, league with just one point from their first seven games, their worst start to the season 108 years. four times world champion sebastian vettel and canadian lance stroll, son of the owner, will race for aston martin again next season in an unchanged driver line—up, vettel won four formula one championships in a row with red bull between 2010 and 2013. executive chairman lawrence stroll said that he was "delighted to be continuing with such an excellent blend of youthful talent and experienced expertise. " the world's most high—profile gymnast, simone biles, has given an emotional testimony

but the game caught fire, and at 3—2, jack grealish showed just why city is paid a record fee for himrned the belgian side an unlikely 1—1 draw. whilst real madrid left it late to find the only goal of the game against inter milan. rodrygo with the winner in group d. us gymnast simone biles has given an emotional testimony before the senate about abuse she suffered at the hands of disgraced former team doctor, larry nassar. former team—mates also appeared before the committee, along with fbi director christopher wray. the hearing is examining shortcomings in the fbi's investigation into nassar, who was later convicted of sexually abusing girls and sentenced to life in prison. our correspondent gary o'donoghue is in washington. it's an incredibly powerful testimony from these four elite gymnasts. very emotional, very angry at times. a sense of them feeling really let down by the system. they suffered horrific abuse as we know, but the system also didn't protect them. simone biles made it clear that her recent difficulties at the tokyo olympics, where she had to really draw from a numbe

jack grealish showed just why city is paid a record fee for him.sides resilience i think the game was tight and it was good, but we were fortunate that every time they scored a goal, we scored immediately, and they scored a goal, we scored immediately and that helped us to be calm most of the time. the world's most famous gymnast, simone biles, gave an emotional testimony before the senate, about abuse she suffered at the hands of disgraced former team doctor, larry nassar. former teammates also appeared before the committee, along with fbi director christopher wray. the hearing is examining shortcomings, in the f.b.i's investigation into nassar, who was later convicted, of sexually abusing girls and sentenced to life in prison. i don't want another young gymnast, 0lympic athlete or any individual to experience the horror that i and hundreds of others have enjoyed before, during and continuing to this day in the wake of the abuse. to be clear, i blame him and i also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his views. mo farah's former co

but the game caught fire and at 3—2 jack grealish showed just why city paid a record fee for him.rst seven games — their worst start to a season for 108 years. england's women will welcome three of the world stop sides next february for the first staging of a new annual invitational women s tournament. the lionesses will bejoined by germany and spain, both also ranked in fifa s top ten — with the fourth competing nation to be announced soon. there'll be three double—header matches played across seven days in a round—robin format. four—time world champion sebastian vettel and canadian lance stroll, son of the owner, will race for aston martin again next season in an unchanged driver line—up. vettel won four formula one championships in a row with red bull between 2010 and 2013. executive chairman lawrence stroll said that he was "delighted to be continuing with such an excellent blend of youthful talent and experienced expertise. " mo farah's former coach alberto salazar will have to serve the whole of his four—year ban after losing his appeal, in the court of arbitration for sport

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