although, i'm marc edwards, thanks for joining although, i'm marc edwards, thanks forjoining us.kick things off with the europa league and there's been a surprise defeat for tottenham hotspur this evening against royal antwerp. jose mourinho's side, unbeaten in all competitions since the opening weekend of the season, losing 1—0 in belgium. the only goal came in the first half — dieumerci mbokani finding israeli forward lior refaelov, who smashed it past hugo lloris. it means spurs are now three points behind antwerp in group] after two games, level on points with lask, who beat ludogorets 4—3. jose mourinho made his feelings known afterwards — not in the post match press conference, but on instagram. he posted this picture of him sitting alone on the team bus, saying, "bad performances deserve bad results. hope everyone in this bus is as upset as i am. tomorrow 11am training." it was a better evening for the red half of north london as arsenal ran out easy 3—0 winners against irish side dundalk. nicolas pepe here with the pick of the goals, adding to first half efforts from eddi

hello, i'm marc edwards at the bbc sport centre.s left of this transfer window, a more subdued transfer deadline day perhaps in the circumstances but still some big names on the move including edinson cavani, theres a romantic saints return to st mary's for theo walcott, and everton the biggest spenders today. austin halewood rounds up all the movers and shakers for us. luckily for manchester united fans there hasn't been much time for them to reflect on their 6—1 thrashing to tottenham yesterday. they've been busy all day trying to get at least four deals done. these have been all the major players, but in the last hour, they've pinned down this man. the former paris saint germain striker edison cavani. he was a free agent and has signed forjust a year, but despite being 33 years old, the former manchester city defender mikah richards, who's played against cavani, says write him off at your peril! he'll be a massive player. i play to him before. —— against him. what a player he is. if he can produce anything like he did back then,

hello, i'm marc edwards and this is your thursday sport briefing.hampions league. they've set aside their rather stuttering league form with a morale boosting 2—0 win overjuventus in turin to stay top of group g. ousman dembele opened the scoring in the fourteenth minute when his deflected shot looped over wojek szczesny. juventushad merih demiral sent off late on, before lionel messi wrapped up the win in stoppage time with a penalty. and not just content with everything he's doing off the field — on it, marcus rashford is on fire. he put in a sublime supersub performance helping manchester united thrash rb leipzig 5—nil at old trafford. the england international came on just after the hour mark and netted three goals in 16 minutes against last seasons champions league semi finalists. rashford is only the second united player to score a hat—trick after coming on as a substitute. want to guess who was the first? well it was his current manager. asa sub as a sub coming on, sometimes thatis as a sub coming on, sometimes that is the best time to come o

hello, i'm marc edwards and here is your tuesday sport briefing.as transfer deadline day in england, and there were some big movers and shakers. including this man, who is edin to manchester united. edinson cavani signs for united on a free transfer. the 33—year—old uruguay international left psg at the end ofjune after scoring a record 200 goals in 301 appearances for the french giants. while arsenal have signed 27—year—old ghana midfielder thomas partey for $58 million from atletico madrid. uruguay midfielder lucas torreira has moved in the opposite direction on loan. he's making a bit of a habit of this. world number one novak djokovic struck a linejudge — again, this time it was in his fourth round straight sets win at the french open over russia's karen kachanov. it comes just a month after he was disqualified for doing so at the us open. but in the 1st set of this 11th round encounter, djokovic hit the line judge while stretching to reach the ball. it was a complete accident, so luckily there was no punishment this time round. in the french o

hello, i'm marc edwards and here is your wednesday sport briefing.en semi finals with a straight sets win over the italian teenager janik sinner which finished just before 1.30am paris time. and it was a tougher encounter than the scoreline suggests. nadal had to work hard in the first two sets before powering through to the last four. ominous for his next opponent. the 19 time grand slam winner has never lost a semi final at the french open. and it'll be diego schwartzman's job to end that statistic. he'll be facing nadal after causing a big upset in the quarterfinals. schwartzmann beating the us open champion dominic thiem in a stamina—sapping five set marathon match which lasted over five hours. it really was a historic day at the french open on tuesday. nadia podoroska becoming the first qualifier ever to reach the semi finals at roland garros. she stunned 3rd seed elena svitolina, the highest ranked player left in the tournament, in straight sets. podoroska's fairytale run in paris will net the world number 131 at least half a million dollars, a

hello, i'm marc edwards and here is your friday sport briefing.tinued as they thrashed sparta prague 3—0. it means the rossonerri are now unbeaten in 23 matches in all competitions. no such luck for tottenham hotspur though, despite gareth bale starting forjust the second time since his move to spurs, they were beaten 1—0 by royal antwerp. a result they deserved according to their manager, jose mourinho. antwerp got what they deserved and we also got what we deserved so when the situation and like this it is always fair and like this it is always fair andi and like this it is always fair and i am honest, calm with it. the best team won and the worst tea m the best team won and the worst team loss. and to further illustrate his disappointment at he resulst, jose mourinho made his feelings pretty cleat on instagram. he posted this picture of him sitting alone on the team bus, saying, " bad performances deserve bad results. hope everyone in this bus is as upset as i am. tomorrow 11am training." not sure that'll be the most enjoyable training session