and the premier league season gets off to a flying start at old trafford. up on sportsday on bbc news: the new premier league season is under way. find out if manchester united got off to a winning start after the perfect start against leicester at old trafford. good evening. the struggling department store house of fraser has been bought just hours after going into administration, by sports direct. its owner, mike ashley, says he wants to turn the chain into the harrods of the high street. sports direct is paying £90 million for the 169—year—old business. house of fraser has 59 stores across the country. of those, 31 had been earmarked for closure, but mike ashley said in a statement he'll be doing his best to keep as many open as possible. so, this evening, its 17,500 staff wait to find out exactly what he plans to do with his acquisition. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. glasgow, where house of fraser began. it's early doors and staff are fearing the worst. i don't think i have an understanding of it yet. it's not really been explained to

against these kinds of teams, manchester united at old trafford.y with the performance but in the first half they play better than us and created more chances than us, but in the second half we did better and the most important, we scored goals. there were a couple of games in la liga on monday. athletic bilbao drew 2—2 with huesca whilst celta vigo were 2—1 winners at levante. and in italy's serie a, roma had to come from 3—1 down at half time to snatch a 3—3 draw with atalanta. emiliano rigoni scored twice to give the visitors an impressive lead, but this late strike from kostas manolas salvaged a point for roma with eight minutes left. qatar's al sadd fought back from a goal down to defeat iranian side esteghlal 3—1 in the first leg of their afc champions league quarter—final tie in tehran on monday. baghdad bounedjah got his side's second goal, confidently finishing after former barcelona midfielder xavi provided the through ball. the return leg takes place in doha on the 17th of september. she's the world number one, but simona halep‘s us open

there's a t20 double header at old trafford today.ancashire lightning are just getting started against durham jets and earlier in the women's super league, surrey stars came out on top against lancashire thunder by 55 runs. henry moeran is at the ground. this game was the equivalent of a six pointer in the super league. two sides in the middle of the table with aspirations still of reaching the finals day at home on august 27. for the surrey stars, they knew that victory was almost imperative if they were to realistically keep those hopes alive. the lancashire thunder, having had real trouble in this competition, in the last couple of years have won three matches in good form but crucially, had never won a game here at old trafford. as it was they were set a target of 168 thanks to the efforts in particular of the big hitting south african, with seven 70 from just 37 deliveries over the surrey stars. the run chase staggered and stopped and eventually fell 55 runs short. a couple of wickets for briony smith, laura marsh and nat sciver,

yes, totte n ha m buckle at old trafford?matches at old trafford without scoring a single goal. yes, they have made a pretty good start to the season, winning their first two matches but their manager knows that they also have plenty to prove. and you don't believe that i am not in the same position, with the pressure? ifeel the pressure every week, every week. of course, during the year it is different but every game that we are going to play you are under pressure in case you perform well and you win the game. but if you lose and you don't perform in the way that you expecting a pressure touches your. and we are always under pressure. and we are always under pressure. and as far as tottenham are concerned there will also be focus on their captain ugo lloris after he was charged with drink—driving in london on friday. he has since issued a, public apology and it will be interesting to see weather he keeps his place in the line up tonight. scottish premiership leaders hearts say their manager craig levein is recovering well,

three second—half goals from a spurs side at old trafford, back—to—back defeat for manchester united,watch to the end. perhaps then not the ideal day for another marketing push for british football's biggest brand, launching the new pink away kit today butjose mourinho remains the man most want to mention. i think they've lost respect for him so hopefully if they get someone else that will get morale up and they will respect him and play better. 62- 63, george best making theirdebut, and play better. 62- 63, george best making their debut, this is one of the worst footballing teams we've had. as a club you can only do so much and so canjose mourinho.“ had. as a club you can only do so much and so can jose mourinho. if it is 20 by christmas maybe they will talk about that sort of stuff, but if not let him work with the squad and see what he can do. whatever jose mourinho's future at united, defiance one stop people talking. —— i—stop. —— won't stop. the england players jamie vardy and gary cahill say they're stepping aside from international football, but stopped short of saying they'r

there's a t20 double header at old trafford today. lancashire lightning are just getting started against durham jets and earlier in the women's super league, surrey stars came out on top against lancashire thunder by 55 runs. henry moeran is at the ground. this game was the equivalent of a six pointer in the super league. two sides in the middle of the table with aspirations still of reaching

the action starts at old trafford. manchester united taking on leicester city.vid ornstein is there for us to look ahead to that and how the other big players are set for the new season. david, friday night at old trafford and wonder whetherjose mourinho, who's been seemingly negative about his side's preparations, has been deliberately down—playing their chances. what do you think? very possibly. it would not be beyond him to do that. just 89 days since the end of last season. less than three months but it is back. the premier league and what an exciting a season we potentially have ahead. is he up to his old tricks again? it certainly seems to have been a summer of discontent here at old trafford with the them seeming to be at loggerheads with the club. why? mainly over transfers over manchester united. it upset some of the fans. they had been heavily linked with harry mcguire. leicester city travel here tonight. he impressed so much with the world cup and he became one of the most sought—after defenders in world football but it was a deal that manchester unit

spurs scoring twice after harry kane's opener to give the londoners only their third league win at old traffordsure on united managerjose mourinho, who applauded those home supporters who'd stayed until the end. but two defeats in their first three games makes this the worst start to a season for united since the 92—93 campaign, and afterwards, mourinho walked out of his press conference after getting irritated with a reporter.

it kicks off at old trafford where manchester united beat leicester 2-1.tched the action. given the preseason team tonight you would've thoughtjose mourinho might have smiled after seeing his side had leicester, leicester were one of six clubs to spend more than manchester united on the transfer window. without the personnel they wanted they needed all the help they could get and it took less than two minutes to arrive. there was one man determined to ta ke arrive. there was one man determined to take advantage, paul pogba. the world cup winner had wanted to move away from old trafford, rumour had it, instead he got the captain ‘s armband and lead by example. he's been criticised by marina recently, as has luke shaw and if it was reverse psychology and had desired effect. the left back finished like a seasoned striker declaimed the first goal of his career and the man of the match award. a late scare whenjamie of the match award. a late scare when jamie vardy showed of the match award. a late scare whenjamie vardy showed quicker reactions than de gea but i

it is difficult to win here against these type of teams, manchester united at old trafford.ppy with the performance, of course the first half they played better than us, they created more chances than us, but the second half i think we dominated, and the most important is to score goals. the clea n important is to score goals. the clean sheet was good. yes, i am so proud, but it is only the beginning, only three games at the start of the season, only three games at the start of the season, we only three games at the start of the season, we need to keep going, being consistent, that is the most important thing. scottish premiership leaders hearts say their manager craig levein is ‘recovering well‘ having been taken to hospital this morning. levein was in the dugout for saturday's win over kilmarnock and although the club say, "no further comment will be made at this time", they did wish levein "a speedy recovery" in a statement. his assistant austin macphee will take over first—team duties until levein is back to full health. staying with hearts, and their 21—year—old defende

scoring twice after harry kane's opener to give the londoner's only their third league win at old traffordend. but two defeats in their first three games makes this the worst start to a season for united since the 92—93 campaign and afterwards, an irritated mourinho walked out of his press conference. now, just to finish. do you know what was the result? 3—0. three mills. do you know what this means? 3-0. but mills. do you know what this means? 3—0. but also mean, three premierships and i want more premierships and i want more premierships alone then the other 19 managers together. three from me and two for them. respect. managers together. three from me and two forthem. respect. respect. respect. respect. britain's andy murray enjoyed a winning return to grand slam tennis as he fought back to beat australia's james duckworth. murray dropped the first set 6—7, but won the next three 6-3, 7-5, 6-3. it was murray's first best—of—five—set match in 1a months after having surgery on a long—term hip injury injanuary. there was a shock in the women's draw with world number one and top seed simona

cristiano ronaldo will return to old trafford with his new club juventus will return to old traffordnited from 2003 to 2009 jointjuventus for £99 million this summer after nine seasons with real madrid. valencia and young boys are the other teams in group h. tottenham have been drawn ina in group h. tottenham have been drawn in a tough group b which includes barcelona. liverpool and manchester city were also in the draw. you can get full details on the bbc sport website. celtic and rangers will be in the europa league draw, which takes place tomorrow. rangers drew 1—1 with nine men against russian side sce was to win the side 2—1. atime a time when is liverpool have been drawn at home to chelsea third round of the carabao cup. this is the stage where teams playing in europe join the competition. the others who received a bye into round three, arsenal will host bradford, holders manchester city will travel to league one oxford united. tottenham versus what that is one of three all premier league ties, while manchester united are at home to frank lampard's derby county. the full draw i

things have got a great chance not only at their own place, but at old trafford as well.did not have long. something is going on at manchester united. we'll jose mourinho go? possibly, will he be going in the next few days, probably not. i don't think so. a win for liverpool last night, but their star man involved in a little bit of controversy? was it a penalty? it depends who you support. yes, say liverpool. no, say crystal palace. interestingly, the premier league is the only one of europe's top five leagues not to use video assistant referees this season, even if they did, you might think the same decision would have been made. have a look and decide for yourself. liverpool's star man mohammed salah brought down for a penalty for liverpool's first. did he dive? lots of people suggesting that he went down very easily. you can decide for yourself. the penalty was scored by james milner. liverpool played very well, especially on the counter attack. palace then had aaron wan—bissaka sent off in the second half before sadio mane secured the win in injury time. 2—0 the fina

our sports news correspondent david ornstein was watching and joins us from old trafford.o. david, we very nearly saw a little smile from jose mourinho. david, we very nearly saw a little smile from jose mourinho. it has been quite ait malta le sommer for jose mourinho. tonight manchester united got off to a restart —— quite a tumultuous summer. they will hope to go on like that. they got going in very quick fashion, with paul pollard by giving manchester united the leap from the penalty spot. a penalty conceded inside two minutes from a daniel amartey of leicester city. leicester came back, they had a couple of chances. it required saves by david had to keep the school level. jose mourinho was a frustrated figure on the touchline at that point. luke shaw, towards the end, popped up at the back post with the first goal of his professional career, to great scenes of celebration among the united players, the fans, jose mourinho, and his coaching staff. a breakthrough moment. that seemed to be that, but leicester came back. jamie vardy with a late goal. it wasn't to be. this

on to football, and cristiano ronaldo will return to old trafford with his new club juventus in the uefafor the group stage was made in monaco on thursday and it sees ronaldo's old club, the defending champions real madrid, in a group with last season's semi—finalists roma. joe lynskey has more. there is one player who has made the champions league his own in recent yea rs, champions league his own in recent years, cristiano ronaldo has been pa rt years, cristiano ronaldo has been part of the real madrid side who won this condition for the last three seasons in a row. now this condition for the last three seasons in a row. now he has got a new club and juventus are for many people, this season ‘s tips to win the title. they won't have it easy in the group stage and ronaldo will be going back to manchester united, where he won the premier league three times, as well as this competition, back in 2008. valencia, who were fourth in lolita last year and swiss champions in on boys com plete and swiss champions in on boys complete the group. how will ronaldo and his former side united that? com

disastrous start to the fourth test against india ronaldo returns — cristiano'sjuventus will play at old traffordleague. the draw for the group stage was made today but there will be no burnley in the europa league — they lost to olympiakos in the final qualifer and scotland women's world cup hopes are out of their hands after conceding to switzerland in their qualifier hello and welcome to sportsday. thanks forjoining us. a half century from sam curran saved england on the first day of the fourth test against india in southampton on thursday. having collapsed to 86—6 the hosts finished their first innings on 246 all out. adam wild was watching. despite being two and down, it was india that came in here with all the momentum after the big victory in the third test. england actually won the third test. england actually won the toss and decided to bat almost immediately. it looks like a very poor decision, the first man to go, a really rather bizarre dismissal he seemed to lose the flight of the ball and was trapped. that leaves the captain and he suffered a similar fate the captain and he suffered

our sports news correspondent, david ornstein, was watching and joins us from old trafford.y saw a little smile from the united manager, jose mourinho. manchester united got off to a winning start. they sit top of the premier league, maybe only for a few hours. they will hope to go on like that. they got going in very quick fashion with paul pogba giving manchester united the lead from the penalty spot. he was captain for the night. leicester city came back. they had a couple of chances. it required two fine saves to keep the score at 1—0. luke shaw, towards the end, popped up at the back post with the first goal of his professional career. there were great scenes of celebration among the united players and fans and jose mourinho and his coaching staff. leicester came back with jamie ba rdy coaching staff. leicester came back with jamie bardy poaching a late goal. it was not to be. it was a consolation. here is whatjose mourinho made of it. it is a match where i make minimum six changes. the rules only allow me to do three. i wanted to play and to the martial but i could not

three second—half goals from these birds site at old trafford.nchester united. a sobering sight for the club's hierarchy and of those vans who could bear to watch to the end. perhaps then, not the ideal day for another marketing push for british football's biggest brand. launching their new paint away kit today. but mourinho remains the man most want to mention. i think they've lost respect for him so hopefully if they get someone else, i will get more out of there, that it was respect them and they will start playing better. this is one of the worst foot dollars that we've had. he supporters and as a club, you can only do so much and so can mourinho. if we are 20th by christmas, they maybe start talking about that sort of stuff. but if not, let him run with the squad and let him see what he can do. but whatever mourinho's future at united, defiance won't stop people talking. adam wild, bbc news. let's have a look at some of today's other headlines, and... jamie vardy and gary cahill have both effectively retired from international football. they

there was a t20 double header at old trafford today.vers before liam trevaskis took 4 wickets to help seal victory over lancashire lightening by 4 runs. and earlier in the women's super league, surrey stars beat lancashire thunder by 55 runs. lizelle lee hit 6 sixes as she powered her way to 70 off 37 balls as surrey posted 167 for 8. dane van niekerk then took 3 wickets and bryony smith took 2 to help seal their victory. johanna konta battled back from a set down to reach the second round of the rogers cup in montreal with victory overjelena 0stapenko. the british number one lost the first set in a tie—break but then won 6—1, 6—2, beating the 2017 french open champion injust over two hours. she will face either victoria azarenka or kristina mladenovic in the last 32. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are arejim waterson, who's the media editor of the guardian, and jack blanchard the editor of the politico london

i'm inside old trafford now.t it fool you that it's quiet now. 75,000 fans will be packed in here in about ten hours time to start the premier league season. but they won't be seeing too many new manchester united signings they were touted as being the ones to do quite a bit of business on deadline day, but it didn't materialize they made one major signing so far this summer, for a club of this stature and size, that normally doesn't happen. that was fred from shakhtar to come in. he could make his debut tonight. you are right. it was down from last year's spending growth has stalled in the premier league in terms of spending over the summer transfer window. even on deadline day alone, 100 million pounds less were spent than in the same day in 2017, just 110 million pounds were spent. the biggest deal of the day is a target for manchester united, but in the end, the barcelona and columbia defender went to everton for 27 million pounds. about 30 million euros so manchester united didn't make any major signings on

we will have the latest for you from old trafford at 6:30pm.

happier" with paul pogba after the france midfielder suggested he was dissatisfied with life at old trafforde world cup winner fell out of favour last season, and this summer has been linked with a move to barcelona. but mourinho has denied reports of a rift between the two of them. we are together for two years and a couple of weeks. and i have never been so happy with him as i am now. that's the truth. i cannot demand more from him. i cannot ask more from him. he came here on monday, he trains three days, i asked for his support, for his contributions in important matches for us when the team had difficulties. he did it, he did it better and for more time than we could expect. manchester city's manager pep guardiola says the intense footballing schedule has contributed to the injury of his midfielder kevin de bruyne. the club has confirmed that the belgian international suffered a knee ligament injury in training on wednesday. it could see him out for three months. his boss as there is little time for players to rest and recover. it was a tough, tough season last season. they come back, sh

we will have the latest for you from old trafford at 6:30pm.coming up: the latest from f1 practice in belgium, and the challenge cup final. now it's time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. the good news is that mark kermode is back from his summer holidays. the good news is that mark kermode is back from his summer holidaysm has been ages. what have you chosen this week? the children act, a new film starring emma thompson. a very different alpha. and blackkklansman, the spike lee film. and the children act, iam the spike lee film. and the children act, i am interested to hear what you say, because i have read the novel and i liked it. adapted from the novel by ian mcewan. emma thompson is a high courtjudge whose work is engulfing her life. she's involved in life—and—death cases, one of which is about the 17—year—old boy refusing a blood transfusion on religious grounds, but he is technically a child, and there is an argument about whether he's been forced by his parents into this position. she has to deal wit

united kick off the 2018/19 season against leicester at old trafford on friday night. 19 points behind title winners manchester city last season and scholes says united can't compete with the reigning champions. i just don't see united getting closer to city. city have a great manager and great players. a way of playing that they all know about. and manchester united seem to be not too sure what is going on. you don't know the team, the players and you don't know how they are going to perform from one week to the next. so i hope i'm wrong but i don't see them changing for the leadership this year. the premier league transfer window closes at 5pm tomorrow and there are some big deals expected to go through in the next 22 hours or so. the most expensive deal could be done at chelsea as they look to buy and sell their number one. with me to go through the potential transfers is our football reporter simon stone. simon, the big one here is at chelsea. that is right, courtois walked out of chelsea. he will go to real madrid. in orderfor walked out of chelsea. he will go to

a lot of people have been talking about ronaldo returning to old trafford forjuventus.? it'll be interesting to see how he beds then, it but he needs no introduction in the champions league, he's the record goal scorer. when he is returned previously against united, he's scored in both games against them. they also have young boys in there and valencia, it's difficult group for united, especially on current form, though sadly not as ha rd current form, though sadly not as hard as liverpool or tottenham. totte n ha m hard as liverpool or tottenham. tottenham have inter milan as well as psv, and for liverpool, psg, the atmospheric statement in naples for napoli, as well as red star belgrade. those two have the two ha rd est belgrade. those two have the two hardest groups. however, liverpool's form last year, teams in europe will certainly be fearing liverpool. you touched on it there, which grew, if you had to pick, is the group of death? there's always one labelled that, and it is probably group g with tottenham, barcelona, psv and inter milan. question marks, we know to

the premier league starts on friday night with manchester united against leicester at old trafford.sports correspondent david ornstein has just got back from the event. just over three days to go, everyone predicting another manchester city waltz to the title are they? the transfer window shuts on thursday and then united play leicester on friday night, six more games on saturday, three more on sunday, it does not get much more exciting than this. we were able to speak to the premier league executive chairman richard scudamore who is on his way out at the end of the year but still once this to be a very successful season and see teams get closer to manchester city. they have been breaking records left, right and centre. no disrespect to manchester city, but i would like someone manchester city, but i would like someone to get a bit closer to them than last season for the but that does not take anything away from the excellence but we start the season wanting to see multiple trophies required because we do not know where it is heading. that is what we wa nt where it is heading. that

the most decorated player in old trafford history believes the club should stick with the current manageror the fans to stick together and get behind the clu b stick together and get behind the club and get behind the team, get behind the manager, the coaching staff. that is me clearly speaking asafan. staff. that is me clearly speaking as a fan. it is a tough time at the moment, but we have had tough times before and have pulled through. you are 12 to one to succeed him, do you expect the call any time soon? eat your money in your pocket. eat your money in your pocket. so wise financial advice from giggs, who was speaking at a press conference naming his next international squad. one notable absentee from that squad was hal robson kanu. he has subsequently retired from international football after his omission from the squads to play the republic of ireland and denmark in nations league qualifiers. robson—kanu, who won 44 caps, famously scored in his country's 3—1win over belgium in the quarter—finals of euro 2016. also coming up in the programme... england recall moeen ali as they chase

it goes back to the game at old trafford, city won it 2—0.ihad. united went on to win it 3—2. they had the t—shirts really saying we did it on derby day, city could have won the title if they had w011. could have won the title if they had won. i think it is quite hard to tell if it is tongue in cheek with jose mourinho. and a lot of the papers are running with this, which must be frustrating if your team played yesterday, top chelsea, and had an excellent result. he makes headlines, jose mourinho. we will move on and talk about yesterday. what a match we had at stamford bridge. chelsea beat arsenal 3—2, a win in maurizio sarri's first home game. and across london, there was first premier league goal in august for harry kane. joe lynskey rounds up the action. the premier league landscape is always shifting. new faces bring in the new eras. but unai emery inherits an arsenal side who have long forgotten how to win titles. for all the new ideas, their defence is a familiar picture. from 2—0 down against chelsea, though, they did show some backbo

three more tomorrow — and the big one on monday is manchester united against tottenham at old traffordth football and turn attentions to the championship. aston villa and reading drew i—i. there were also wins for blackburn, sheffield united, derby and leeds. queens park rangers halted a terrible run of form with a 1—0 win over wigan. sheffield wednesday, stoke city and bristol city also all won. birmingham lead nottingham forest 1—0 in the late kick—off. four games to tell you about in the scottish premiership — second placed hibernian drew i—i with third placed aberdeen. hearts were 1—0 winners at kilmarnock. livingston beat saint mirren 2—0 while saintjohnstone saw off dundee 1—0 it was a scramble in spa at qualifying for the belgian grand prix — as rain showers caused chaos. but lewis hamilton came out on top and will start from pole for tomorrows race, with sebastian vettel in second. the other big story of the day is that the two force india cars are on the second row — just days after the team were rescued from liquidation. nick parrott reports: at spa the weather can be unpredi

last night saw their heaviest home defeat under jose mourinho as spurs ran out 3—0 winners at old traffordrts. so what about this? he's standing and clapping at the supporters, and those who are there are now saying that at him and applauding him, too. what are reformers that was from jose mourinho. for a united side, jose mourinho. fora united side, opinion jose mourinho. for a united side, opinion has rarely felt more divided. jose mourinho defiant, again his own reputation he chose to defend. i won more premierships alone than the other 19 managers together. three for me, and two for them. respect. respect, respect, respect. respect is what he demands, that football can be unforgiving. this is bbc five live. we're just talking about mourinho's contributions to the english game, what do we think? i support manchester united and i do believe he is not coping with that pressure. he's wrong on ego and short on application. key outside like a petulant toddler. mourinho, as he has always done, continues to provoke debate. his line remains results on the pitch. three goals on his first site ——

he's got problems at old trafford but he's still talking themselves up.the only thing he is the greatest that is attracting newspaper headlines. it's been a pretty bad start up their. the question is, has he lost his touch? he was a very successful manager. —— up he was a very successful manager. —— up there. he was never quite the greatest, he has won 25 or so trophies, alex ferguson won 48, he has won two champions leagues but zidane won three on the trot. a dubious claim. he is accessible. this needy attention seeking is becoming quite tiresome. he's quite grumpy... becoming quite tiresome. he's quite grumpy--- -- becoming quite tiresome. he's quite grumpy... —— is quite successful. of late very monosyllabic. some of the press co nfe re nces late very monosyllabic. some of the press conferences have been quite bizarre. you get to the point with football managers in their career they need to constantlyjustify how fantastic they are. often i don't think it's really the case. was he... was his style of management... which feels now quite dated, it has bee

looking to bounce back from the shock defeat to brighton there at home to tottenham who have lost at old trafford four years in a row since maurizio puts the tino took over as coach one thing that we need to improve is winning in again some clubs i was from home and it was as much as united in the last four years that we played there always we lose for a different reason playing well in some game not so well but i think some of the challenge for us is a message on for us to go monday to manchester united and show that we will be able to win. and take a look at his bizarre red card in the remaining in second division the winger was running down the way when he was tricked by the opposition coach watching on the sidelines it looked like more of an instinctive reaction in the coach was very apologetic afterwards but nevertheless the referee had no choice but to send him to watch the rest of the game in the stands. all right that is what i have more feel later has i'm not a clumsy coach and i'm sure that was completely accidental from a place where i must tell you that a bit for this news out now and

we'll start though at old trafford, because manchester united fans went into today hoping to see significants morning told them not to get their hopes up. the market closes today so it's time at least for me to stop thinking about the market because it will be closed, so i will have to focus on the players i have. ian, jose's been in a rotten mood for much of the summer for a number of reasons. but it seems he's missed out now on all of his three defensive targets — harry maguire, jerome boateng and diego godin. but it's not happened for him today. you could understand the frustration if he has given edward word list of targets and he was unable to deliver. i am targets and he was unable to deliver. iam not targets and he was unable to deliver. i am not sure how much godin wasa deliver. i am not sure how much godin was a genuine target if they we re godin was a genuine target if they were being used by his agent to get a better offer with real madrid, jerome boateng was being talked about as a loan but it didn't happen. manchester united signed alli and linda laughed for £6 million but are s

it has just taken place it hasjust taken place in it has just taken place in this hotel next to old traffordis weekend the negotiations will be taking place. children and teenagers pestering their parents for the £7 50 needed to watch asi fight logan paul on youtube. they are hugely controversial characters and whether you approve of them or not, it will draw ina you approve of them or not, it will draw in a large global audience due to their massive online fan base. this could have serious implications for the future of broadcasting. the biggest international event in history! two of the biggest youtube stars taking their online rivalry into the boxing ring. i can't wait to punch you right in your stupid, smug face. britain's ksi and his american opponent, logan paul, each have almost 20 million subscribers, predominately teenage boys attracted by their mix of comedy, bad language and hostility towards other youtube stars. tomorrow night both are set to make seven figure sums in a pay—per—view, white collar boxing match broadcast live not on satellite tv, but on youtube. a lot of people wat

the new premier league season is under way and manchester united are taking on lester and old trafford arm and andre marriner went to the arm and andre marriner went to the spot and pol pot but captaining united tonight. fred is making the debut for manchester united as is james madison for the visitors. and he is denied by david de gea. liverpool play west ham on the opening game on sunday and finished fourth last season, 25 points behind manchester city, and liverpool boss says they are still behind the likes of city and chelsea. we cannot be, we have to do more, fight more, to do all these things. that must be our attitude. it was a great day of cricket at lords if you are in england fans, given the rain delays, they pulled out india after rank com pletely they pulled out india after rank completely washed out the opening day. rain played a large part today but did not put off the bowlers. jimmy anderson taking five wickets and chris wilkes marked his return to international cricket. we started well with the ball but the rain delays, it just messes well with the ball but the rain de

it may only be a few games old, but mourinho's third season in charge at old trafford has been turbulentanagement sparked tension with united's star player, french world cup player paul pogba. and his relationship with vice—chairman ed woodward is said to have become strained over a lack of new signings. mourinho is the third manager united have turned to in their bid to return this club to the glory years of the sir alex ferguson era. in his first season in charge, he won two trophies and was handed a contract extension earlier this year. but this is now the worst start to a premier league season for manchester united for more than a quarter of the century. so what has happened to the special one? mourinho won three premier league titles across two spells at chelsea, but it all seems a long time ago. his reputation was damaged after an outburst at former club doctor eva carneiro led to a bitter legal dispute. eventually, he was sacked. a sense that he had been overtaken by some of his rivals. but today he defended his record, even turning to philosophy to help make his point. did you re

spurs need to end a horrible record at old trafford.ere, and the last four without even scoring. in the last four years we played there, we lose for different reasons, playing well in some games, not so well. but the feeling is it isa not so well. but the feeling is it is a massive challenge for us, it is a massive challenge for us on monday to go to manchester united. i am sure they are favourite to win the. sebastian vettel has moved past alain prost to third in the list of formula one grand prix winners, after victory in the belgian grand prix took him to 52 wins overall. he managed to avoid the chaos at the first corner that took out fernando alonso, nico hulkenberg and charles leclerc, who all thankfully walked away unscathed. vettel sailed past hamilton on the opening lap to take the lead and he never looked back as he moved within 17 points of the top of the driver's championship. chelsea maintained their 100% start to the premier league season with a late 2—1win over newcastle united. delight for new boss maurizio sarri, as eden

well, it all kicked off last night as manchester united beat leicester city at old trafford.tes — paul pogba converting the penalty after a handball in the box. luke shaw added the second — his first goal in senior football. jamie vardy added a late consolation for leicester. it finished 2—1. there are four fixtures in the scottish premiership today, and champions celtic are away at hearts in the early kick off. almost half time in that one, and the score is 0—0. to the european championships in berlin, and great britain's matt hudson—smith lived up to his billing as the favourite in the men's 400m, as he held on to a massive lead coming into the home straight to win great britain's third athletics gold of the championships. he'll go for gold again this evening as part of the axaoom relay team. katarina johnson—thompson, meanwhile, says she's proved to herself that she can compete at the highest level after her silver medal in the heptathalon. she's been speaking to ade adedoyin. coming back into the stadium and sing it empty was like a wow moment. it's amazing stadium and i

it is difficult to win here again with this type of team, manchester united at old trafford.oals and it was good. yes, i am so proud but it is only on the beginning three games at the start of the season, we need to keep going, keep consistent that is the most important thing. scottish premiership club hearts have said their manager is well after being taken to hospital. although the club said no further comment will be made at this time and they wished him a speedy recovery. his assistant will take over first—team duties until he is back until —— back to full health. their 21—year—old defenderjohn souter has been called up to the scotla nd souter has been called up to the scotland squad. they play belgium in a friendly next friday before taking on albania in the opening match of the nations week on september ten. britain's andy murray enjoyed a winning return to grand slam tennis. gigi murray is with us, he survived a bit ofa gigi murray is with us, he survived a bit of a scare, will he be happy? i think he will be happy, he came through the australian in just over four hour

tottenham at manchester united later and the spurs boss is hoping for a rare win at old trafford.first manager sacked this season — would welcome a win too and he's clear what his players have to do. go home with the three points, you wa nt to go home with the three points, you want to win all the time, you don't wa nt to want to win all the time, you don't want to make mistakes, that's what you always want. he needs to improve his winning against some club, in the last four years that we play there, we lose for different reasons, playing well in some games not so well that it's a massive challenge for us to go to manchester united and show that we are able to win. a brilliant weekend for british basketball. the men won the wheelchair basketball world championships, beating the usa in the final. the gb team claimed a 79—62 win over the rio paralympic champions for what is their first global gold medal. i spoke to the team captain earlier and asked him what it was like to win. we knew we had it in is to get into that final, anything can happen and on the day we turned up and won at

mourinho made a point of applauding united's remaining fans inside old trafford for longer than you'dt. plenty of immediate speculation as to what he was doing but he says he was just showing his appreciation, something he felt was lacking in his news conference after the game. no, just to finish, do you know what was the result? 3-0. reporter: you lost 3—0. do you know what this means? 3-0! but also mean three premierships, and i won more premierships alone than the other 19 managers together. three for me and two for them. respect... respect, respect, respect. it's expected that arsenal will become a private company today. the majority shareholder stan kroenke will own all the club's shares through a complusary purchase if the remaining small shareholders haven't already sold them to him. kroneke recently bought out billionaire alisher usmanov, to take his total shareholding to 97—percent. johanna konta plays herfirst round match at the us open later. she takes on the french player caroline garcia this evening in new york. konta will hope to join andy murray in the second round. he

happier" with paul pogba after the france midfielder suggested he was dissatisfied with life at old traffordve to barcelona. but mourinho has denied reports of a rift between the two of them. we are together for two years and a couple of weeks. and i have never been so happy with him as i am now.

united are playing burnley this weekend and one of their players, and a man that used to play at old traffordy. jose mourinho is good at defending himself. is he right? would he still be regarded as one of the greatest if he does not win a title at manchester united 7 if he does not win a title at manchester united ?|j if he does not win a title at manchester united? i think so, his record speaks for itself. he has done it in three major countries at big clubs. he set out to come to manchester united and to do the same and it has not gone to plan as yet in terms of the premier league title. all the talk has been about him and problems with woodward. he comes out and defends his players. he tries to keep the media away from them but they have to step up and start performing. interesting because a lot has been said about the fact thatjose mourinho deflects attention away from his players. what it -- attention away from his players. what it —— is it like to play under a manager like matt? it is good in a way, it keeps the pressure off a little bit when you are under pressure. as a player, you ha

it may only be a few games of the mourinho's third season in charge at old trafford has been turbulentrked tension with united's star player paul pogba and his relationship with vice chairman edward word is said to have become strained over a lack of new signings. mourinho is the third manager united upturn to in their bid to return this club to the glory yea rs of bid to return this club to the glory years of the sir alex ferguson era. in his first season in charge he won two trophies and was handed a contract extension earlier this year. but this is now the worst start to a premier league season for manchester united for more than a quarter of a century. so what has happened to the special one? mourinho won three premier league titles across two spells at chelsea but it all seems a long time ago. his reputation was damaged after an outburst at former club doctor eva carneiro led to a bitter legal dispute. eventually he was sacked, the sense he had been overtaken by some of his rivals. but today he defended his record, even turning to philosophy to help make his point. did you read an

they have a great chance at their place, but also at old trafford as well.wasn't without controversy. their star man mohammed salah was brought down for a penalty for liverpool's first. roy hogson was furious with the decision. the penalty was scored by james milner. this kick started the evening. palace then had aaron wan—bissarka sent off in the second half before sadio mane secured the win in injury time. 2—0 the final score, and liverpool's first clean sheet at selhurt park in nine visits. the rugby players association has called on the rfu to drop its case against danny cipriani. the rfu hearing is scheduled to take place this week, after the gloucester fly—half pleaded guilty to assault and resisting arrest following an incident outside a nightclub in jersey. the players union says they believe that it was appropriate for the matter to be dealt with by the club through its own disciplinary procedures. meanwhile, sale's chris ashton will face an rfu disciplinary panel this afternoon. it's after he was cited for a tip tackle in a preseason friendly. if f

transfer window but now it's closed, it's time for action — and united welcome leicester city to old traffordme of the season. and after conceding that he'll have to work with the squad he's got, mourinho says the fans willjust have to be patient. i think by the end of november, december, you will see why, by then, which teams are in a position to win the premier league. in this moment words are not important. let's play football and by the end of november, december, you don't need words. you will see which teams are candidates. golf... the american gary woodland is the surprise leader after the opening round of the uspga championship — the last golf major of the season. but there are some well—placed britons in the field — justin rose and ian poulter are in a large group, three shots off the pace, after rounds of 67. johanna konta is out of the canadian open in montreal. she completed victory over victoria azarenka in a match delayed overnight because of rain. but she then lost in straight sets to the defending champion elina svitolina. that's all the sport for now. head over to the website

premier league season, after manchester united got off to a winning start beating leicester 2—1 at old traffordl pogba converting the penalty after a handvall in the box. after a handball in the box. luke shaw added the second — his first goal in senior football. jamie vardy added a late consolation for leicester. here are today's premier league fixtures. new boys fulham have a london derby as they host crystal palace. and another side returning to the top flight — wolves, play everton in the late kick off. spurs play newcastle in the early kick off, two of the lowest spenders in this summer's transfer window. i see no reason to not trust the squad. there is no reason not to believe in our club. there is no reason to not believe in what we can do. i think the most important thing, we are still positive and of course we are going to challenge for big things in this season. to say i want to finish in this position will be fine for the fans, but it's not realistic. the reality is if we do exactly what we did last yearin is if we do exactly what we did last year in terms of attitude and commitment,

premier league later, with plenty of optimism within spurs that they can get a rare away win at old traffordmourinho, following their defeat to brighton last weekend, it's led to question marks over a perceived defensive style, but mourinho is clear on what he wants from his side. a winning style. don't make defensive mistakes, be dominant, create chances, score goals, and get the three points. you want to win all the time, you want to play well all the time. you don't want to make mistakes. that's what you always want. we need to improve winning against some clubs away, like manchester united. in the last four years that we play them, we lose for different reasons, playing well, in some games not so well, but it's a massive challenge for us to go to manchester united and show that we are capable to win. surrey stars are through to the final of the t20 women's super league after beating western storm by nine runs at the country ground. surrey batted first and managed 162—5, with natalie sciver top—scoring with 72. but the western storm ran out of balls in their innings and fell ten runs shor

tottenham's world cup winning goalkeeper is charged with drink driving three days before the trip to old traffordt they offered them to drive next season. hello. tasering says he has no problems with ed woodward despite reports to the contrary. —— has a marina. in his dress conference before the game against totman lasted little more than four minutes, and he was not in a good move. —— tottenham. than four minutes, and he was not in a good move. -- tottenham. you are pessimistic and i am not. i don't analyse with you on my players. had i feel? analyse with you on my players. had ifeel? i analyse with you on my players. had i feel? i feel we played analyse with you on my players. had ifeel? ifeel we played well against leicester and we won. i felt we play bad against brighton and we lost. across manchester, fencing camping that is 10th anniversary with the club. —— fencing company. he's just as you get short of 250 games, and it could come tomorrow against wolves. a lot of changes happening here. so it is a long time. many games. unfortunately it could be more. but no doubt he has the chance. he's