well, today arsenal midfielder mesut 0zil has offered to pay the salary ofjerry kwuy, the man behindmessage on social media earlier — "i'm offering to reimburse arsenal with the full salary of our big green guy as long as i will be an arsenal player sojerry can continue hisjob that he loves so much." and that's all the sport for now. hello there. many of us saw rain at some point during the day on tuesday but it was particularly wet across northwest england particularly around greater manchester and rochdale with 42 mm of rain recorded. the wettest place in the country for the more rain to come across a northwest of scotland over the next few hours with up a few showers in the northwest of england but generally around cumbria and lancashire. otherwise many of the showers will tend to fade away over the next few hours. for many of us it should be a fine start to the day with sunshine spreading across northern island and across wales and across england. rain continues for northwest gotland and as we go into the latter part of wednesday afternoon, the next low pressure system will be mo

arsenal midfielder mesut 0zil has spoken out for the first time since being left out of the club's 25arsenal since 7 march and can now only play for arsenal under—23s until his deal expires next summer. he posted an emotional statement on social media claiming he's been shown a lack of loyalty. he says he's deeply disappointed and that "upon signing my new contract in 2018, i pledged my allegiance to the club and it saddens me that this has not been reciprocated. loyalty is hard to come by nowadays. no matter what, i will keep fighting for my chance and not let my 8th season at arsenal end like this." staying with football and the national league will share out the £10 million support package from the government on an average attendance basis. it means the majority of clubs in the national league north and south will get around £30, 000 a month, in comparison to others who'll be given £95, 000 a month. joining us is one of thejoint managers of chester football club, anthonyjohnson. i began by asking him if chester would be worse off? clubs like us who are family—owned and have 2000 su

mesut 0zil has been left out of arsenal's europa league squad, for this season's campaign.ntly left out of the side by manager mikel arteta. 0zil hasn't played for arsenal since march. chris hughton has taken his first training session as nottingham forest manager. they've made an awful start to this championship season, losing all four of their opening matches — and sacked sabri lamouchi on tuesday. this is hughton's firstjob in management since leaving brighton last year. the possibility of managing this wonderful football club came, i the possibility of managing this wonderfulfootball club came, i did not have to think twice about it. before arriving at roland garros for this year's french open — nadia podoroska hadn't even faced a top 20 player let alone beaten one. but, having seen off world number three elina svitolina, today she had a chance to become the first qualifier to make the final of a grand slam in the modern era. to do that, she'd have to beat one of the break—out stars of the tournament, iga swiatek in the semifinal. patrick gearey reports. so much is stra

mesut 0zil has been left out of arsenal's europa league squad for the forthcoming campaign.ayed for the gunners since march. new £16 million signing thomas partey has been included in the 25—man squad before their first group b fixture against rapid vienna on october the 22nd. in tennis, poland's iga swiatek has defeated qualifier nadia podorowska in straight sets in the first of today's french open semi—finals. the teenager, who is unranked herself, needed only 70 minutes to beat the argentine, who also was a first—time major semi—finalist. swiatek will face sofia kenin or petra kvitova in the final. she won in straight sets. the american took the sets 6—4. and she took five to reach her second grand slam final. england rugby fans will be able to continue singing swing low, sweet chariot at matches despite the anthem having its roots in american slavery. the song has been england rugby‘s anthem since the late 1980s but has come under new focus during the black lives matter movement and the rfu decided to conduct a review. although they don't plan on banning fans from singin

mesut 0zil has been left out of arsenal's europa league squad for the forthcoming campaign.h. new £115 million signing thomas partey has been included in the 25—man squad before their first group b fixture against rapid vienna on october 22nd. before arriving at roland garros for this year's french open, nadia podoroska hadn't even faced a top 20 player, let alone beaten one. but, having seen off world number three elina svitolina, today, she had a chance to become the first qualifier to make the final of a grand slam in the modern era. to do that, she'd have to beat one of the break—out stars of the tournament, iga swiatek, in the semi final. patrick gearey reports. so much is strange this french open, but perhaps nothing is more unlikely than the story of nadia podoroska. behind these steps is a meandering journey of thousands of miles from rosario, argentina through battles with body and money. two or three years ago, i had too many injuries. i drop my ranking and eight months i was out of the tour. and then, i did not have money to start playing the tournament and it was

arsenal midfielder mesut 0zil has spoken out for the first time since being left out of their 25—manand can now only play for arsenal under—23s until his deal expires next summer. he posted an emotional statement on social media, claiming he's been showing a lack of loyalty. after news of a financial care package for clubs in the national league, we now know how it will be divied up. seven former football league clubs will receive a larger share of the £10 million from the national lottery, which will be distrbuted based on average attendance. chesterfield, hartlepool, notts county, stockport, torquay, wrexham and yeovil will receive £95,000 a month, with the 16 other clubs receiving £84, 000. and england will play the republic of ireland in a friendly next month, after the irish filled the gap left when new zealand pulled out. the game will be played behind closed doors at wembley on november the 12th. new zealand withdrew over concerns about travel and availablity in the pandemic. england's last meeting with the republic finished in a goalless draw in dublin five years ago. formula