big injapan — kashima antlers make the asian champions league semifinals for the first time in theirry. and england cricketers ben stokes and alex hales have been charged with bringing the game into disrepute after an incident on a night out last year. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with football and tuesday saw the return of the uefa champions league. and aptly it was lionel messi who starred as the barcelona captain and scored his eighth champions league hat—trick in a 4—0 thrashing of dutch champions psv eindhoven in their opening group b game. here's our football reporter rob schofield. how many times have we said, and this is a special hat—trick, his eighth champions league hat—trick and cristiano ronaldo has seven but lionel messi started this with a fantastic free kick to make it 20 also yards which curled it into the top corner of the net. a brilliant curled effort. it was made 2— nil before lionel messi made it three. then a second yellow card given. and then his third of the match. a neat finish. he says they really gunning for european glory this season.

big injapan — kashima antlers make the asian champions league semifinals for the first time in theirto disrepute after an incident on a night out last year. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with football and tuesday saw the return of the uefa champions league. and aptly it was lionel messi who starred as the barcelona captain and scored his eighth champions league hat—trick in a 4—0 thrashing of dutch champions psv eindhoven in their opening group b game. here's our football reporter rob schofield.

they'll now face japan's kashima antlers in the semi—finals.peones cup between mls champions toronto fc and mexican champions tigres is underway in canada. in the past five minutes or so, it is currently goalless in that one. rafael nadal has pulled out of next months tournaments in beijing and shanghai. the spaniard has a knee injury that saw him retire midway through his us open semi—final against juan martin del potro earlier this month. he's taken the decision to skip the asian leg of the atp tour to give him more time to recover from the problem. he's currently world number one, but missing those major tournaments will give novak djokovic the chance to finish the year top of the rankings. the serbian is currently third with second placed roger federer only expected to have a limited schedule. naomi osaka is through to the pan pacific open quarterfinals in tokyo. it was her first match since winning the us open earlier this month and she beat dominika cibulkova in straight sets as rob heath reports. white flowers could represent peace and s