plenty for phil neville to think about.right pretty quickly. tomorrow they travel to lisbon for a friendly against portugal on tuesday. let's take a look at some of the day's other headlines... the defending motogp world champion marc marquez is third on the grid for tomorrows thai grand prix, that's despite crashing for the second time in two days. he can clinch the title tomorrow. the estonian oit tanak leads the wales rally going into the final day. britain's kris meeke is in fourth. tanak leads the championship with two more rounds to go. and dominic thiem, the man who knocked out andy murray, is through to the final of the china open, after coming from a set down to beat karen khachanov — he'll face stefanos tsitsipas in the beijing final. the championship play—off final is currently under way in toronto with a play—off place at stake. super league and rugby have confirmed the winner will be promoted. after 80 minutes it is currently goalless. the winner will replace london broncos he finished bottom of the top tier. e

plenty for phil neville to think about.was all the way back in 2013. however, they can put things right pretty quickly. tomorrow they travel to lisbon for a friendly against portugal on tuesday. great britain's women gymnasts will have a team at next year's olympicsthat‘s thanks to results at the world championships in stuttgart. they're currently fourth among the nations who've not yet made it to tokyo, so they've done enough to claim their place, as david mcdaid reports. overall, a positive day for great britain's women in stuttgart. they have now officially sealed their place in next year's olympics in tokyo. i say overall positive, because it wasn't the best team performance, there were some errors. notably, georgia—mae fenton, who fell off the beam. not a vintage performance and there was a mistake on the uneven bars and count it a stumble on the floor. obviously i am disappointed for myself but i felt like i let the girls down a little bit. we didn't at all. i try my best but it didn't come off today. ellie downie, no

england's women play brazil this weekend in a sold out fixture at the riverside, but phil neville hasd with as chelsea's fran kirby and manchester united's abbie mcmanus have both withdrawn and returned to their clubs. jo currie is in middlesbrough for us. for many of the lionesses, the trip back here to the north—east is a bit of a homecoming. in fact, seven of phil neville's england squad will be hoping to be picked for this friendly against brazil tomorrow actually come from this area including steph houghton. i caught up with england captain earlier. she and her team prepare for this match which was played down the road at the riverside stadium. despite the fact that the ground will be full of friends and family, they will be no time for nostalgia. that is because england haven't won in the last four matches. something steph orton said she and the rest of the team are determined to put right and in front of what is going to be a sell—out crowd. hopefully these people that have come and bought tickets, we've got a sell—out stadium, they can really get behind us and push us on. for

over 30,000 tickets have been sold as phil neville's side looks to end a run of four games without ark, preparing for the latest two friendlies starting with brazil this saturday at middlesbrough. for one player at least, it is a bit of a homecoming. beth mead started her career at the middlesbrough academy, and while she says she is looking forward to going back to the place where it began, it is more important that it will get a win. the lionesss are without a victory in the last four, something she says they have to be right. we are very disappointed with ourselves, it was completely blown apart. it is a big kick up the backside that we needed, and hopefully it will kick starters for this cap to be continued to get ourselves back to what we were. does that come from fail are us the players? both, it comes from within, we know as players that it is below parand we we know as players that it is below par and we expect a lot better from what we delivered in the last camp. i think that has come from individuals, the team and the staff behind us. so it is brazil up first for the liones

phil neville putting a brave face on things.ent. in the first half, they could not quite stretch to that. five games without a win, england desperate for inspiration. the best of their first love chances cleared off the portugal line. not a performance to ease that pressure. the second half did bring your chances but still england unable to take them. jodie taylor on more than one occasion lacking the finish. what england needed was some like and it was that, the portugal keeper providing it. a farcical fumble finally allowing england to take the lead. it was one they clung on to, although only just. here it was one they clung on to, although onlyjust. here the ball somehow staying out. at last, and england when. —— win. earlier wales's euro 2021 qualifying campaign had a major boost after they beat belarus. rachel rowe scored the only goal of the game, less than 10 minutes from time — in herfirst game back from a year—long injury lay—off. the win means that wales stay second in group c simone biles has become the most succesful

first for the lionesss before they fly off to lisbon to face portugal on tuesday with manager phil neville hoping his lionesss side can turn around their recent poor form. now we return to doha, where issues off eeh track have been making headlines as much as the action on it. ——0ff the track there have been poor attendances, and there have been ongoing concerns over worker rights, many migrant workers helping to build the stadiums used for the 2020 world cup. chris maclaughlin is in doha. in 43 degrees and then almost unbearable humidity, the work goes on. this is the site of the stadium in doha, 4500 migrants living, eating and sleeping and working, to deliver one of civic new world cup stadiums. but are they being exploited by an oil—rich nation determined to prove it can be the perfect host? according to some, yes. amnesty international recently issued a report called all work no play, citing problems with excessive working hours, living conditions and nonpayment of wages. working hours, living conditions and nonpayment of wagesli working hours, living conditions and nonpayment of wage

england women's manager phil neville said a fourth defeat in five games isn't acceptable. friendly in middlesbrough. debinha scored both of brazil's goals — the first a goalkeeping error by mary earps. unlucky again for the second which found its way in via a deflection beth england lifted the crowd with her first international goal. but having beaten brazil a year ago, and again in february, frustration this time for phil neville. we kept going to the very end. 0ur play at times was some of the best football i have seen us play for a long time. now we are in that period where things are probably not going for us where they were 12 months ago. we have to stick together and believe what we are doing is right. england were the first team through to the quarterfinals of the rugby world cup, thanks to victory over argentina. france can join them there with a win over tonga this morning. they are currently leading 17—5. new zealand are all but through — they ran in 11 tries to beat namibia, tj perenara, with the try of the game — some are saying the try of the tournament so far

phil neville will be desperate to put that right.tadium, well over 30,000 watching this one, and hopefully that crowd will provide england with the boost they need to try and bring that run to an end. live pictures from bbc one, you can watch that over on bbc one now if you want to. tottenham's troubles continue, trailing brighton in the early kick off, they lost goalkeeper hugo lloris early on, his mistake gifting brighton a goal, before he went off with a nasty injury. 2-0 2—0 they trail brighton. this is after the heavy defeat to bayern munich in the champions league this week. the rest of the day's fixtures marked by liverpool's game against leicester city, that is the three o'clock kick—off us. us 1500m runner craig engels has backed calls by ioc president thomas bach for every athlete associated with alberto salazar to be investigated. the former coach was banned for four years on tuesday for doping offences. engels is a part of the nike—backed 0regon project but has not been trained by salazar directly. i would like to see mor

since reaching the world cup semi—finals, phil neville's side have been struggling — with four defeatsmidfielderjill scott who's withdrawn with injury. her absence will give her more time to focus on coaching — a career she's told us she's looking to pursue once her playing days are over. as you're getting a bit older, you think about what next? it would be great to get on a coaching journey. it would probably be like starting all over again. i love the game, so maybe after football it is something i can look into. i know how important coaches were for the development of me and me making my debut for england and that is something that i would love to contribute to the youngsters. so, yeah, anybody wants to employ me, hook me up! and that friendly between portugal and england tomorrow night will be live on bbc four. the game kicks off at 7pm. you might not have heard much yet about typhoon hagibis, but it could be about to play a major role at the rugby world cup injapan, where the typhoon is due to hit this weekend. a number of teams still need a win to secure a place in the quarter—fi

phil neville said the first time they have managed to serve —— cell death stadium out means they shouldyou get to wembley, from a financial point of view you have to sell out. you cannot play games at wembley and only have 14 to 15,000 people here. you want to keep raise the bar, we have proved to be can sell at the stadium so we want to make it an annual event. the biggest mission for the squad is chelsea striker fran kirby who fights her way back to fitness. there are recalls for other members of the squad. as for the manchester city duo, they will train with the squad and can be included in the squad for match day if they prove their fitness. we have not seen white since their world cup this summer. she has been recovering from knee injury. this match comes ata from knee injury. this match comes at a crucial time for the lionesses, they have won one game in the last six. there is no better place to put that right and beating germany here at wembley. over in japan, preparations have been continuing for england and south africa ahead of saturday's world cup final. springboks head coach

head coach phil neville said that it was a must—win game before kick—off, after his team had failed toall 5 of their matches since this summer's world cup. they were gifted a goal, after a poor performance, but in the end, a win is a win. adam wild reports. this may have beenjust this may have been just a friendly, but this trip to portugal was not without its pressure. putting on a brave face on things but results and performances of late have been poor. would england needed his improvement in the first step they could not quite stretch the net. five games of that of when myth and desperate for inspiration, the best of their first half chances cleared off the portugal line. not a performance to ease that pressure. bringing more chancesin ease that pressure. bringing more chances in the second half but england were unable to take them. a more than one occasion, lacking the finish to settle the net. would england needed was some luck and that was the portugal keeper that provided it. and a gift, but the back knee, the fumble finally allowing england to take the lead. it was one they got

they've failed to win any of their last five games so manager phil neville says tonight's friendly ishoughton says this squad should be able to do just that. for us it will be a very tough game to go over there. it is a short recovery period but something we have to get used it for the olympics coming up and also at the euros as well. so we will give portugal the full respect they deserve but i feel with the squad we have now we have a strong enough squad to win both games. now to plans to transform women's cricket have been revealed today with the ecb announcing £50 million of investment over the next five years, in a bid to make the sport more gender—balanced. the idea is to increase the number of women playing professionally and recreationally. jo currie has the details. lloyds holds fond memories for the england women's cricket team is two yea rs england women's cricket team is two years ago this place was packed to the rafters as fans saw them lift the rafters as fans saw them lift the world cup after an enthralling final. a landmark moment for the sport and today another one aft

since reaching the world cup semi—finals, phil neville's side have been struggling — with four defeats who's withdrawn with injury. her absence will give her more time to focus on coaching — a career she's looking to pursue once her playing days are over. as you're getting a bit older it is such think about what next? it would be great to get on a coaching journey. it would probably be like starting all over again. i love the game, so maybe afterfit starting all over again. i love the game, so maybe after fit but it is something i can look into. i know how important coaches whether the development of me and me make my debut for england and that is something that i would love to contribute to the youngsters. so, yeah, anybody wants to employ me, me up. and that game between portugal and england tomorrow night will be live on bbc four. the game kicks off at seven o'clock. in the last hour, great britain's men had sealed their team place at next year tokyo 0lympics. men had sealed their team place at next year tokyo olympics. that is after qualifying for the team final at world championsh

nikita parris is the only recognised striker in phil neville's squad.et behind us and really push us on. and for us as players, we are determined to put a good performance and show what we are really about. and it's going to be a tough game but i think when we play in these high—pressure environments, it really does bring the best out of us. they have been a bit of a difficult run ever since they got knocked out of the semifinal of the world cup. packed house at the riverside later, i'm sure that may give them all the motivation they need to get that win that phil neville is desperately after. are you ever know? 0ccasionally, from time to time the top i like a job. —— are you a rubber? -- runner. i am not a parkrun because i'm incredibly lazy and there is not a part where i live. the whole point is to get off the sofa! it starts from a very small thing, all you need. 15 years ago this week, a londoner with a passion forjogging organised a five kilometre run around his local park, timing his friends' efforts before they all went for a cooked breakfast. t

england women's manager phil neville said a fourth defeat in five games "isn't acceptable", they were goalkeeping error by mary earps. unlucky again for the second which found its way in via a deflection. beth england lifted the crowd with her first international goal — but having beaten brazil a year ago, and again in february, frustration this time for phil neville. we kept going to the very end. our play at times was some of the best football i have seen us play for a long time. now we are in that period where things are probably not going for us where they were 12 months ago. we have to stick together and believe what we are doing is right. england reached the quarter finals of the rugby world cup, france can join them there with victory over tonga this morning. england the first side to reach the knock—out stage, thanks to a 39—10 win over 1a—man argentina in tokyo. england's last pool match is against france and that will probably decide who finishes top. new zealand are all but through, they ran in 11 tries to beat namibia, tj perenara with the try of the game — some are saying

england women's manager phil neville said a fourth defeat in five games was "not acceptable" as his sideth of brazil's goals, the first largely due to a goalkeeping error by mary earps. the second found its way in via a deflection. beth england pulled one back on 80 minutes but brazil held on for the win. back to the world athletics championships in doha, where great britain's men have won silver in the four x 100 metres relay race. adam gemili, zharnel hughes, and nethaneel mitchell—bla ke came second to the usa. fantastic result for great britain. another silver medal for britain. england beat 1a—man argentina 39—10 in tokyo to qualify for the quarterfinals of the rugby world cup. england's last pool match is against france and that will probably decide who finishes top in the pool. its qualifications for quarterfinals but our emphasis is on getting better in each game. that was a tough game for us today. when they went down to 1a men, you know, they possibly got a psychological lift. it's human nature that we drop off a little bit because you think you're going to win the game, and we

england women's manager phil neville said a fourth defeat in five games was "not acceptable" as his sideeping error by mary earps. the second found its way in via a deflection. beth england pulled one back on 80 minutes, but brazil held on for the win. canadian side toronto wolfpack have won promotion to rugby league's super league after beating featherstone rovers. it means top flight rugby league will be played in north america for the first time next year. toronto trailed 6—4 at the break, but eventually ran in four tries to complete a 211—6 victory. that's all the sport for now. there is more on the bbc sport website. more than 1,600 uk high street shops have closed as a result of restructuring deals since the beginning of last year, according to new figures. ‘the local data company‘ has looked at the impact of so—called ‘company voluntary arrangements' and found that nearly two—thirds of closed stores are still sitting empty. our business correspondent, emma simpson, has more. they've been trading for more than 100 years at this store. it's a beautiful card. a family business that p

nicky to paris is the only recognised striker available to phil neville. stadium, which is fantastic, they can really get behind us and put us on. as players, we are determined to put on a good performance and show what we are really about. it will be a tough game, but when we play in these high—pressure environments, it really does bring out the best in us. coverage gets under way at 12:35 p on bbc one. england have extended their lead over argentina at the rugby world cup. it is now 22—3 in the second half. that‘s all for now. more than 1,600 uk high street shops have closed as a result of restructuring deals since the beginning of last year, according to new figures. the local data company has looked at the impact of so—called "company voluntary arrangements", and found that nearly two—thirds of closed stores are still sitting empty. our business correspondent, emma simpson, has more. they have been trading for more than 100 years at this store. it‘s a beautiful cut. a family business that prides itself on expertise and service. the 0gden brothers have

head coach phil neville called it a "must win" game, after the lionesses have failed to win any of theirhis clearance off the line by portugal was the best of very few chances in the first half. the second half has just got underway, and these are the live pictures from the stadium in portugal. the score still level at 0—0. england have just over half an hour to try and find a winner. and you can watch that match right now on bbc 4. earlier, wales's qualifying campaign had a welcome boost after they beat belarus 1—0. rachel rowe got the winner with under ten minutes to go, in herfirst game back from a year—long injury. wales stay second in group c. simone biles has become the most succesful female gymnast in world championship history, after the usa won the team event in stuttgart. biles posted the best individual scores on the vault, beam and on the floor to see the us win their fifth consecutive team crown at the world championships. the gold brings biles' individual medal tally up to 21. i know it wasn't our best meats, but you know it, itjust rose the strength that we still came out

england women's manager, phil neville, said a fourth defeat in five games just was "not acceptable" asry earps. the second found its way in via a deflection. beth england pulled one back on 80 minutes but brazil held on for the win. we kept going rates of the variation, our player times was some of the best football in a split for a long time. and now wearing that period where things are going forwards, may be as they were 12 months ago, we'vejust forwards, may be as they were 12 months ago, we've just got to stick together and believe in what we're doing is right. there are two matches in the rugby union world cup today: new zealand v namibia is well under way. they are not having it all their own way. meanwhile, in england's pool, france can secure a quarterfinal place with victory over tonga. england made sure of their place in the last eight with a 39—10 win over 14—man argentina, 39—10 in tokyo. england's last pool match is against france and that will probably decide who finishes top in the group. canadian side toronto wolfpack have won promotion to the super league after beating

england women's manager phil neville said a fourth defeat in five games "isn't acceptable", they wereay in via a deflection. substitute beth england lifted the crowd with her first international goal, but having beaten brazil a year ago, and again in february, this was disappointing. a disappointing run. john, thank you very much indeed. we will have more support for you in an hour. we are on the bbc news channel and still nine a.m.. have a good day. thank you for staying with us, or switching over, if you're very keen. it's sunday the sixth of october. the move would break centuries of tradition and it would help to alleviate a shortage of clergymen. asjohn alleviate a shortage of clergymen. as john mcmanus reports. alleviate a shortage of clergymen. asjohn mcmanus reports. since he was elected pontiff, this is the first one and like the others, it is said to be controversial. as well as the focus on environmental challenges in the amazon such as deforestation and mining, the 364 participants will also discuss whether the church should set aside its own rules on priestly celibacy and

it's a testing time for phil neville's side — their defeat to brazil on saturday was their fifth match at seven o'clock tonight. could a tropical storm play a part in knocking ireland or scotland out of the rugby world cup? typhoon hagibis is moving closer towards the southern islands ofjapan, where ireland are due to play samoa on saturday and scotland play japan on sunday. the rules say any match postponed due to weather is called a no—score draw — and that could see either scotland or ireland go out. world rugby has been in touch with us and they are as keen as we are, as you are, to get this game played. i believe there is a contingency plan in place. i think there's updates every 2a hours but we just get on with our dayjob and trying to be best prepared every single day, and we will see what comes of that. well, world rugby say they're monitoring forecasts and have contingency plans in place should key pool matches be affected. the weather could also have an impact on the japanese grand prix — that's due to take place in suzuka on sunday. and this has been doing very well on socia

nikita parris is the only one recognised striker in phil neville's squad.y push us on and for us as players, we are determined to put on a good performance to show them what we are a good performance to show them what we a re really a good performance to show them what we are really about and it will be a tough game but i think when play we in these high pressure environments it really does bring the best out of us. they have been on a tricky run ever since the world cup finished so they will be desperate to try to get a win but it looks like it'll be a full house at the riverside later, a sell—out, so plenty of support there. and we will cross life to later on? for all of the buildup to the big one, nine o'clock. because they have been training hard? very hard. it was very intense! "a complete transformation of everything" — that's what the green party is promising it will deliver if it comes into power after the next general election. speaking at its annual conference, which is taking place in newport, south wales, this weekend, co—leaderjonathan bartley

phil neville's side needed some luck to win though.t belarus 1—nil. rachel rowe got the winner with around 10 minutes to go in herfirst game back from a year—long injury. wales stay second in group c. don't forget we'll round up all the day's key sporting stories in sportsday this evening. that's on the news channel after the news at 6.30pm. looking ahead to the euro qualifiers for england and reflecting on the big results from the rugby world cup. that's all the sport for now. some breaking news coming into us, all 555 thomas cook stores are to be bought by rival hays travel. it's a move which could save 2500 jobs. that has just come in. move which could save 2500 jobs. that hasjust come in. all move which could save 2500 jobs. that has just come in. all 555 thomas cook stores to be bought by hays travel. turkey says it is going to send its forces across the border into northern syria shortly. a spokesman for president erdogan said that kurdish forces there could either defect or ankara would have to stop them disrupting turkey's stru

it's a testing time for phil neville's side — their defeat to brazil on saturday was their fifth matchland out of the rugby world cup? well that's becoming a possibility this week as typhoon hagibis moves closer towards the southern islands ofjapan, where ireland are due to play samoa on saturday and scotland play japan on sunday. the rules say any match postponed due to weather is called a draw — and that could see either scotland or ireland go out. world rugby has been in touch with us world rugby has been in touch with us and they are a scheme is asked, as you are, to get this much out. there are updates every 2a hours but we just there are updates every 2a hours but wejust get on there are updates every 2a hours but we just get on with our dayjob and try to best prepare every single day and we will see what comes of that. well world rugby say they're monitoring forecasts and have contingency plans in place should key pool matches be affected. the weather could also have an impact on the japanese grand prix that's due to take place in suzuka on sunday. after an unprecedented summer

phil neville's side needed some luck, they hadn't won in five matches.d, and that was just the fiery exchange between andy murray and fabio fognini at the shanghai masters. murray twice served for the match, but lost in the second round. he played some of his best tennis. and got annoyed with fognini, who shouted during a point. he felt it was a blatant attempt to put him off. and he took it up with the umpire. fognini won it on the third set tie—break. murray wasn't happy with the italian's behaviour. he wasn't saying anything to him. so i was obviously frustrated at that. he wanted to engage with me, fabio. i probably shouldn't have done. but i'm not having him talk to me like that on the court. there we go. andy murray not happy. my there we go. andy murray not happy. my guess it shows that the fire still burns in his belly to try to get back to the top. there was plenty other. telling him to shut up about encore, those are strong words, i guess. you obviously want to do what he can to get back to the top ——on court. to do what he can to get back to t

phil neville there. you are right up—to—date with all of this forward. so not as cold a start. today, for many of us, it will be a dry day with bright and sunny spells. you can see this lovely picture from hertfordshire. looking rather nice this morning. there are some anomalies in the weather, the dry conditions, in the east where we are also looking at shower was coming in on the easterly breeze. and in the south—west where we have had quite a lot of cloud and rainfor we have had quite a lot of cloud and rain for the past few days. breezy conditions, gusty winds, south—west wales, south—west england. even across southern counties you will notice it. it is a chilly, easterly, exacerbating the colder feel. temperature wise, 18 the north two 11-12 in temperature wise, 18 the north two 11—12 in the south. —— eight. under clear skies in the south it will be a colbon for many areas. breezy across england and wales. breezy across england and wales. breezy across northern ireland. not much of across northern ireland. not much of a breeze across scotland. that

but phil neville‘s site filled in front of goal when it mattered. taylor had the pick of the chances. nevilleional goal could not prevent a fifth game in a row without a win. the last time the lionesses went five games without a win was all the way back in 2013. however, they can put things right quickly. tomorrow, they travelled to lisbon for a friendly against portugal on tuesday. it‘s the penultimate day at the world atheltics championships in doha. there are more british medal chances coming up this evening. let‘s cross live to the khalifa stadium. our sports correspondent natalie pirks is there. natalie, two years ago at the worlds in london, the relays really boosted the british team‘s medal tally, and they get going in the next couple of hours, the 4 x 4 first britain couple of hours, the 4 x 4 first has a target of seve medals, britain has a target of seven medals, as you well know they currently have three, so it will be looking to these relays to really boost that target. the women are. in the heaps, they are at 6.07 your time. usa pretty impressive. —— at the women are first up in