hello, i'm marc edwards and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: utter humiliation. tottenham hotspur suffer their worst home defeat in their history, thrashed by bayern munich. it's a triple gold day for the usa. we'll bring you up—to—date on the world athletics championships in doha. and we'll take a look at how japan is embracing rugby, while rugby it seems, is embracing japan. well, well, well. what a truly rotten day for tottenham hotspur fans. tottenham hotspur have suffered the biggest—ever margin of defeat by an english team at home in any european competition after they were utterly thrashed 7—2 by bayern munich in the champions league. to compound that damning statistic it is also the first time in tottenham's history that they have conceded seven at home in any competition. a truly dreadful night for spurs. here's our football reporterjames gregg. a real classic thriller, that game. goals galore, nine goals to be precise, a 7—2 victory at the new totte n ha m precise, a 7—2 victory at the new tottenham hotspu

hello, i'm marc edwards, and this is your tuesday sport briefing.layed out a grim stalemate at old trafford. the game was a pale shadow of their mighty clashes of years gone by. scott mctominay gave manchester united the lead at the end of the first half. arsenal equalised just before the hour, courtesy of pierre—emerick aubameyang. it is manchester united's worst start to a season in 30 years. they languish in tenth. a great we wanted to take three points tonight, and we had a great opportunity to get them three points, because we had the game where we wanted. but that's sometimes — or how many times this season have we been 1—0 up and we haven't managed to get the second goal, which is the most important thing, and you learn from it. today was a steep learning curve for us. norway's karsten warholm completed a perfect season by blazing to world championship gold in the 400 metre hurdles at the world athletics championships in qatar. warholm, who is the second—fastest ever over the distance, held off the challenge of america's rai benjamin, having

but from me marc edwards and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.y with clean air coming off the atlantic. but in the short term we have the overnight rain so early in the morning would be cloudy, wet and quite windy as well. this is the big picture, the satellite, you can see, the weather front here approaching ireland earlier on moving into western parts of the uk, all linked to the low pressure sitting out there in the atlantic. and this low pressure will be right on top of us during the course of thursday, friday and saturday and sunday and that means the outlook is looking pretty showery and blustery. but in the short term it's the weather front that's bringing the rainfall and quite breezy conditions as well. this is the rain through the early hours of the morning, pretty much through the centre of the british isles. at times the rain will be heavy. not a particularly cold night, around 11 in the south and maybe eight degrees in the north. that weather front will eventually reach eastern parts of the uk early in the morning so you're most like

hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm marc edwards, coming up on the programme: edge of your seat dramawales leave it late to book their place in the world cup semi final. they beat france by a single point. tears in antwerp. andy murray takes his first singles title since career—saving hip surgery. he wins the european open. in the premier league, leaders liverpool leave it late for lallana to level it at old trafford. hello and welcome to sportsday. we'll start injapan where wales are through to the semi finals of the rugby world cup after they came from behind to beat france 20—19 in oita. a dramatic late ross moriarty try sealed the victory after france were reduced to 14 men. it's a third world cup semi—final for wales, to follow their exploits of 1987 and 2011. our sports editor dan roan is on oita for us. wales arrived full of expectation. six nations grand slam winners, unbeaten injapan, these days they are firm favourites in such big games. now they had to live up to that status and extend the farewell of their legendary coach warren gatland in this, his last tournament in char

hello, i'm marc edwards and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.utter humiliation. tottenham hotspur suffer their worst home defeat in their history, thrashed by bayern munich. it's a triple gold day for the usa. we'll bring you up—to—date on the world athletics championships in doha. and we'll take a look at how japan is embracing rugby, while rugby it seems, is embracing japan. well, well, well. what a truly rotten day for tottenham hotspur fans. tottenham hotspur have suffered the biggest—ever margin of defeat by an english team at home in any european competition after they were utterly thrashed 7—2 by bayern munich in the champions league. to compound that damning statistic it is also the first time

hello, i'm marc edwards and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.rway's warholm king of the world as he retains his 400 metre hurdles title at the world athletics championships. all square at old trafford — it's united's worst start to a season since 1989. auld langs fine! scotland are back on track at the rugby world cup as they thrash samoa. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in qatar where norway's karsten warholm held off close rival rai benjamin to defend his world 400m hurdles title in doha. the 23—year—old took the lead with 150m remaining and stayed just ahead of the american with qatar's abderrahman samba in third. here's our sports reporter ade adedoyin. once again, the stadium was not full but there

but from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the sport today team. goodbye. hello again.res high. imagine then just if you can for a moment, waves that are three times that height at around 22 metres high, that's the kind of size of waves we are looking at generated by this hurricane, hurricane lorenzo, with its 105 mile an hour sustained winds. lorenzo is tracking in a north—easterly direction, most 20 metre high waves are what we could see battering the western azores as we go through tuesday night as the hurricane passes very close by. after that it turns into a normal area of low pressure and will end up close to the british isles but there is some uncertainty as to where it ends up. the main focus in the uk is on the continuing flooding threat across england and wales after the recent heavy rain that we have seen and the extra rain we have got that will fall to the rest of the day today. we have got rain with us already for northern england and northern ireland, heavy showers packing in across wales and south—west england, something a bit drier in scotland but also a

hello, i'm marc edwards. here is your thursday sport briefing.l enjoyed a comfortable a—1 victory against the belgian champions genk. alex oxlade—chamberlain scored the first two goals — early in each half, and they were his first goals for the club in 18 months, after a long period out through injury. sadio mane and mo salah made it a before a genk consolation. the first goal- early and the eve n the first goal- early and the even nicer. second was even nicer. beautiful. and for a second it was like a proper knock for our and and for a second it was like a proper we »ck for our and and for a second it was like a ro erw ' is

hello, i'm marc edwards, with your thursday sport briefing.itched from barcelona's nou camp stadium to real madrid's bernabeu, over fears of civil unrest. there have been days of protest in barcelona after nine catalan separatist leaders were jailed on monday. la liga have now made the request to the spanish football federation, and both clubs will be asked for their opinion. el clasico is more than a football game. they will be a demonstration in barcelona rejecting the sentence of the nine leaders. there are some big names in the mix as the full list of players in the pot at the inaugrual draft of the hundred has been revealed. the brand new 100—ball competition, which will be contested by eight city—based teams in england and wales, takes place next summer from 17thjuly to 16 august. steve smith and david warner, who helped australia retain the ashes earlier this year, are among the most expensive players listed at the top reserve price of $160,000. the likes of chris gayle, shakib al hasan and andre russell will be among a total of 570 pla

marc edwards will be back with more sport at 5:30. lizzie, thank you very much for that!treets of hong kong, with thousands of people marching despite a police ban. the pro—democracy protestors are increasingly concerned that china is seeking greater control over hong kong. officers fired tear gas and used water canon after shops, banks and metro stations were vandalised. our correspondent nick beake is in hong kong. for the 20th consecutive weekend, hong kong's police have faced a battle to reclaim the streets. we saw violence on again today. earlier, there was a mass rally, thousands of people defying a ban on gathering and wearing masks, and they made their way through as part of hong kong, kowloon, normally a busy shopping district, but today we saw petrol bombs being shown at police officers and at the police station. officers fired tear gas from the top of a building, eventually water cannon was used to clearly demonstrate as a way. the police fired really powerful jets of blue water, and eventually the people moved away. as you can say, they still haven't reclaim t

but from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the sport team, that's your wednesday sport briefing.e have more on india's attempt to deal with elastic pollution, and thatis deal with elastic pollution, and that is what we ask you to tell us about today. and tell me what you think about our talking point today — curbs on the use of single use plastic around the world. should governments introduce outright bans? will consumers be prepared to pay more expensive alternative packaging? let us know your thoughts. i'm on twitter — @bbcstreeter. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. we have had a tweet come through, many years ago we used to go to butchers and grocers where paper was used, supermarkets are the main culprits for introducing mastic trays and wrapping. surely they should pay through their profits. let me know what you think. good morning. we've all had our fair share of rain, haven't we, just recently? in fact, tuesday, i'm sure you're now well aware of the flooding rains that we had through the isle of man and the north of england. but they have gradually drifted their way so

hello, i'm marc edwards here is your wednesday sport briefing.hampionship finals, but they left it late to salvage the point they needed in sweden to qualify. valencia's rodrigo prodded home an equaliserfrom close range in stoppage time. it means roberto moreno's side become the sixth team to qualify for euro 2020 well, the fallout from monday's racist abuse in the game between bulgaria and england has continued, with the president of the bulgaria football union borislav mihaylov resigning. mihaylov had been called on to quit his role by his own prime minister boyko borissov after the abuse of england players in the euro 2020 qualifier in sofia. the match, which england won 6—0, was stopped twice because of racist behaviour by home fans, which included nazi salutes and monkey chants. britain's chris froome has called the route for the 107th edition of the tour de france "brutal" as he aims for a record—equalling fifth title. the route was unveiled at a ceremony in paris. the tour features five summit finishes before the traditional final sprint s

hello and welcome to sportsday — i‘m marc edwards, coming up on the programme: edge of your seat dramait late for lallana to level it at old trafford. tears in antwerp. andy murray takes his first singles title since career—saving hip surgery. he wins the european open. hello and welcome to sportsday. we‘ll start injapan where wales are through to the semi finals of the rugby world cup after they came from behind to beat france 20—19 in oita. a dramatic late ross moriarty try sealed the victory after france were reduced to 1a men. it‘s a third world cup semi—final for wales, to follow their exploits of 1987 and 2011. our sports editor dan roan is on oita for us. wales arrived full of expectation. six nations grand slam winners, unbeaten injapan, these days they are firm favourites in such big games. now they had to live up to that status and extend the farewell of their legendary coach warren gatland in this, his last tournament in charge. he won‘t have enjoyed this, though, france started superbly as first the giant vahaamahina and olivon put them 12—0 up inside eight minutes. which f