kicks off on the weekend of september the 12th, with the champions taking on championship winners leeds united london derby between newly promoted fulham and arsenal, and the other team coming up, west brom, are home to leicester. here's the other opening games. the two matches involving manchester clubs will be rearranged, giving their players a decent break because they were involved in european competitions. the matches will still be behind closed doors to begin with, but i spoke to two fans earlier about the season, lauren black from liverpool and leeds supporter heidi haigh. i suppose it was probably best to be that way, to be honest. it feels like we've never been away, but in reality i know it's been such a long time. it's good to see us back. we got nothing to lose. we've been the underdog more than often, but at the end of the day, we can go out with no pressure on us. end of the day, we can go out with no pressure on us. play fantastic football, play to our strengths and let everybody else worry about us when we enter the top regardless. before leeds, you have arsenal in the communit

with darby county and the european cup twice with nothing in forest but in between he managed leeds united soon after arriving there he told his players they could throw the medals they won in the bin because they'd won them by cheating under his predecessor don ready he lasted 44 days so why is there so little patience for managers why seem to a lot of people and it's not going to look. no those here who. are also christians who want to maybe do for you. or do to. me we. all jaw some teams and buck the trend and back their managers allowing them the space to change the culture of the club in their image atletico madrid for example diego simeone only has been in charge in the spanish capital since 2011 winning the club their 1st league title for nearly 20 years in 2014 achieving unprecedented success in europe and changing their image from flaky neighbors to street wise up starts. the argentinian is one of only 2 managers from the top 5 leagues to make the top 20 longest serving coaches in the world the other started his job 6 days later franco to christians tight. the german boss doesn't

just getting back to leeds united.y've been charged by the fa because of the teams celebrations after clinching the championship title at derby. players lit flares pitchside. the club have until september 3rd to respond to the charge. britain's adam yates is targeting stage wins rather than overall victory at this year's tour de france. he's been selected in the michelton—scott team for the race, which gets under way at the end of the month. the the 1000 guinees and epsom 0aks winner love has claimed the yorkshire oaks at the ebor festival. ridden by ryan moore and trained by aiden o'brien, the strong favourite won by four lengths at york. we saw on yesterday's sportsday how cricket might evolve to battle against bad light and weather. well, it's been confirmed start times between england and pakistan will be flexible to make up for lost play, with action potentially getting underway 30 minutes earlier. the final test begins tomorrow with england i—nil up in the series. with this now in place, it gives the officials an

liverpool will begin the defence of their premier league title against newly—promoted leeds united. son were published this morning with the opening day fixtures set for the weekend of september 12th. it'll be leeds first game back in the premier league for 16 years. chelsea and arsenal follow for liverpool in a tough opening to the season forjurgen klopp‘s champions. the other promoted sides are both at home on the opening day — fulham take on arsenal and west brom play leicester. you can see a fill list of fixtures on the bbc sport website. ahead of their return to the premier league and that opening game against liverpool, leeds chief executive angus kinnear says head coach marcelo bielsa is "very close" to signing a new contract. his current deal expired at the end of the championship title winning season, but kinnear is confident bielsa will sign a new deal shortly. bayern munich‘s alphonso davies says it's a dream come true to reach the champions league final. their 3—0 win over lyon last night will see them face paris st—germain for the trophy in lisbon on sunday. former arsen

premier league newcomers leeds united have broken their transfer record to sign spain forward rodrigo marcelo bielsa's side. rodrigo, who had a spell with bolton ten years ago, great britain's lizzie deignan has won la course, the tour de france's one—day race forfemale riders. deignan came from behind to beat her great rival, marianna vos of the netherlands, in a dramatic sprint finish. la course was rescheduled and moved from paris to a 60—mile circuit in nice, to coincide with the start of the men's race because of the pandemic. after three days of mounting tension in the us which saw athletes and teams protesting the police shooting of a black man in wisconsin. the nba has announced the play—offs will resume later. matches will now get back under way following the what the nba describe as "candid, impassioned and productive conversations" with players and coaches over the next steps in support of racial equality. we all needed to take a breath. you know? we needed a moment to breathe. it is not lost on me that george floyd d id it is not lost on me that george floyd did not get th

and leeds united have brought jack harrison back to the club.american side north carolina courage and says the opportunity to play for city was too good to turn down. when i heard about the chance, i was really excited and i think that it has just been such a crazy year. so for anyone to be able to continue to get games in training in right now isa win get games in training in right now is a win but to get it to do it here at manchester city is like winning the lottery and so i feel really fortu nate the lottery and so i feel really fortunate and lucky to have the chance and am so happy to be here. the olympic medallist nile wilson has criticised a culture of abuse in british gymnastics, saying athletes are treated like pieces of meat. the 24—year—old, who won bronze at rio 2016, is the highest profile male gymnast to speak out after the sport was engulfed by a flood of allegations of mistreatment in recent weeks. wilson has been speaking exclusively to our sports editor dan roan. we are made to feel fear or scared of speaking out, voicing our c

liverpool will begin the defence of their title against newly—promoted leeds united in one of the stand—outthe opening weekend of the new premier league season. it gets under way on the 12th of septemeber, with the fixtures released earlier. after playing leeds, the champions will face chelsea and arsenal in what is a tough start forjurgen klopp's side.

liverpool will begin the defence of their title against newly—promoted leeds united.w for liverpool in a tough start to the season for jurgen klopp's side. the other promoted sides are both at home on the opening day. fulham take on arsenal and west brom play leicester. you can see a fill list of fixtures on the bbc sport website. ahead of their return to the premier league and that opening game against liverpool, leeds chief executive angus kinnear says coach marcelo bielsa is "very close" to signing a new contract. his current deal expired at the end of the championship—winning season, but kinnear is confident bielsa will sign a new deal shortly. wigan athletic owner au yeung wai kay has waived the £36 million owed to him by the club. that removes the threat of a further points penalty next season as administrators try to find a new buyer. a i2—point penalty applied at the end of the championship season for going into administration saw the club relegated to league one with a new owner being sought. scotland's catriona matthew shares the lead at the women's open at