kashima antlers strike late to win the first leg of their asian champions league semi—final against suwonlue wings. and caroline wozniacki is through to the last 16 of the china open. we'll wrap up all wednesday's action shortly. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that barcelona have made it successive champions league wins in group b thanks to a 4—2 win over tottenham at wembley stadium. the visitors got away to a fast start when phillipe coutinho put the catalans ahead in the second minute, and the game looked to be beyond reach of spurs when croatia midfielder ivan rakitic doubled the lead by firing home an acrobatic half—volley. the home side fought back when harry kane grabbed a goal shortly after half—time before lionel messi, who had earlier hit the post twice, scored goals either side of erik lamela's effort handing barcelona the victory. translation: it was the same team as the one that we fielded last week. we always want to dominate a match, and we did. this was a great game. it was a difficult stage to play on, and againsta it was a di

kashima antlers strike late to win the first leg of their asian champions league semi—final against suwon6 of the china open. we'll wrap up all wednesday's action shortly. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that barcelona have made it successive champions league wins in group b thanks to a 4—2 win over tottenham at wembley stadium. the visitors got away to a fast start when phillipe coutinho put the catalans ahead in the second minute, and the game looked to be beyond reach of spurs when croatia midfielder ivan rakitic doubled the lead by firing home an acrobatic half—volley. the home side fought back when harry kane grabbed a goal

they'll play either suewon bluewings or kashima antlers in the final, looking to become the first team. and having taken a 1—0 lead into the match from the opening leg, they saw the tie level when baghdad bounedjah scored an important away goal in the 17th minute. but the hosts were back in front just after half—time when siamak nemati scored. and despite al sadd's persistence in trying to grab what would've been a second winning away goal, they couldn't find it. major league baseball's world series is under way with game one of a possible seven at fenway park between the boston red sox sox and los angeles dodgers. our reporter chris mitchell is there for us and we've a game we do have a game. and my goodness me, we have a lot been beforehand. they gave us a slight delay. in the last half an hour, we have had fireworks out there on the field of play. we are in the top of the second, boston's lead to — one. i would say already, we have had everything. we have had stolen bases, a home run and we have had the boston fans in a real loud voice, and then we have had them silenced for a momen

this season. 2a hours ater the iranian side persepolis reached the final for the first time, kashima antlersrfirst final after an astonishing match in south korea. they drew 3—3 with suwon bluewings to go through 6—5 on aggregate. joe lynskey reports. the first leg was a roller coaster, this was no different. it began well for antlers with this header given them a 4—2 lead. the chain—link site in control or so they thought. three goals in quick succession were about to change everything. they first brought the world cup stadium to live. fans finished celebrating it when another was added just a minute later. and then came a moment of history. the 36 champions league goal—scorer, a cooling the competition record. as suwon soto, antlers competition record. as suwon soto, a ntle rs ke pt competition record. as suwon soto, antlers kept their concentration. after coming from two goals down to win theirfirst after coming from two goals down to win their first away, another stunning comeback beckoned. this strike made it 5— all. but there was more drama to come. with the clock ticking down to extra

kashima antlers scored two goals in the last six minutes to beat suwon bluewings of south korea 3—2 ands league semi—final. the japanese side looked like they were heading for defeat before serginho equalised, and atsuto uchida grabbed the winner with ten seconds of stoppage time remaining, having earlier provided an own goal with the second leg in suwon on the 24th of october. there's been a big shock in the men's draw at the china open. third seed grigor dimitrov is out after losing to qualifier dusan lajovic. the serb finished with an ace, in marked contrast to dimitrov, who'd served nine double faults. lajovic will play britain's kyle edmund in the quarter—finals on friday. manchester united captain antonio valencia has apologised for liking an instagram post which called for manager jose mourinho to be sacked. after tuesday's goalless draw with valencia in the champions league, he liked a picture of himself which had the caption, "time for mourinho to go." he later said on twitter, "these are not my views and i apologise for this. "i am fully supportive of the manager and my team—m

also on wednesday, kashima antlers and suwon bluewings play the first leg of their asian champions leagueeason with each side having won once. the us open champion naomi 0saka plastulia gorges in the last 16 of the china open later. 0saka sealed her place in the season ending wta finals by beating the unseeded american danielle collins in the previous round. also in action is sloane stephens who plays dominika cibilkova in the last 16, the american beat saisai zheng in straight sets to set up the meeting. in case you missed it, holders real madrid fell to a surprise 1—0 champions league defeat by cska moscow in russia. it means the hosts move top of group g while real who've won the last three european titles drop to second. and jose mourinho's season didn't improve, with manchester united held to a goalless draw at old trafford. his side have gone almost two months without a win at home but they're second in group h behind juventus who they play next. iam i am pleased with the effort, i am pleased with the commitment, i am pleased with the commitment, i am pleased with the improvement an

kashima antlers are through to their first asian champions league final after an incredible match ine iranian side persepolis in next month‘s final. angelique kerber has claimed her first victory at the season—ending wta tour finals in singapore. the wimbledon champion was up against the us open champion, naomi osaka. kerber took the opening set 6—4, but she was then broken in the second set while serving for the match. after two and a half hours on court, it was the world number two who won the decider. it was really a tough battle and especially in the third set, we were both playing at a really high level and they started really well but naomi osaka came back in the second set and the third set, i was just trying to, fighting and not giving up, sojust trying to, fighting and not giving up, so just staying trying to, fighting and not giving up, sojust staying in trying to, fighting and not giving up, so just staying in the trying to, fighting and not giving up, sojust staying in the margin for every single point. now have you ever fancied trying something new? to get yourself out o