we sought raphael varane confirmed before _ that.el varane confirmed before kick-off - that. we sought raphael varane confirmed before kick-off and i that. we sought raphael varane . confirmed before kick-off and jadon confirmed before kick—off and jadon sancho signed as well. how far do you think they can go this season? we do have a chance but it is going to be tough. but ec city paying money forjack grealish. we need to complete this year and we need a trophy. that is where i think united are heading this year. anthony shaw, a man united fan speaking to me earlier. including brentford last night, 6 of the first 7 premier league matches this season have all been home wins. our reporterjoe lynskeyjoins me now to talk through the rest of the day's action, on the whole it's been a good day for home supporters? so many emotions for those returning fans this afternoon back in premier league stadiums after so long away. it's been 17 months of waiting for most of these supporters — so there was noise, there were tears as their teams emerg

before kick—off at old trafford, united presented their new signing, raphael varane, to their supportersance defender�*s signed a four—year contract, completing his move from real madrid for initialfee of £34 million. so, manchester united getting their campaign off to a flyer on a busy saturday in the premier league. there are five games that kicked off at three o'clock — patrick viera takes charge of his first game for crystal palace, and it's a tough start, facing the european champions chelsea, who played 120 minutes in the super cup in midweek. elsewhere, watford return to the premier league against aston villa, now without jack grealish but new signing danny ings plays, while ashley young makes his second debut for the club. watford are leading 1—0. burnley have taken an early lead against brighton and the late kick—off, norwich against liverpool, back in the premier league. that norwich against liverpool, back in the premier league.— norwich against liverpool, back in the premier league. that kicks off at 5:30pm _ there are three matches under way in the scottish league cup, all t

before kick—off at old trafford, united showed off their new signing raphael varane.. another team expected to push for the title in england this season is chelsea. the european champions had a comfortable 3—0 win over crystal palace at stamford bridge. marcos alonso and christian pulisic scored before the break and trevoh chalobah made sure of the win with a goal on his premier league debut. it was a difficult start for patrick vieira, the new palace boss, but the blues manager was a happy man, with this win coming just three days after their victory in the uefa super cup. given the fact how we arrived with a match on wednesday, a lot of travel, lack of sleep, and today were suddenly very, very hot to play, and he pushed some players over the limit in terms of minutes and physical preparation. —— we pushed. if we acknowledge that, then it was a very good game from start until the end and we were well deserved winners, i think, the end and we were well deserved winners, ithink, and big congratulations to the team. they did good and pushed hard and they overcome tiredn

meanwhile, manchester united's new signing raphael varane is also on the bench, so could make his debutn sancho still awaits his first start for the club, he's also a substitute. kickoff in both those games is 2pm. one game's already under way in the scottish premiership and hibernian currently have a 2—1 lead against dundee. dundee taking the lead early on through jason cummings, before martin boyle equalised from the penalty spot. there are three other matches today — they all kick—off at 3pm. now scottish fans could be in for an exciting day at carnoustie, as the women's open draws to a close. local amateur louise duncan, at just 21—year—old, is in contention going into today's final round. anna nordqvist posted a round of 65 to move to nine under par and share the lead with nanna koerstz madsen. there are 19 players within four shots of the lead and one of them is the amateur duncan, who will begin todayjust two shots off the pace. england's georgia hall is three off the lead. she is a 2018 champion. the chief executive of the ecb, tom harrison, says the inaugural season of the hund

before kick—off, manchester united confirmed the signing of france defender raphael varane from reals presented in front of supporters, and has signed a four—year contract for an initial fee of £34 million. and england have made a steady start to the third day of the second test against india at lords. all hopes could rest onjoe root again. he's approaching 100, with india looking for theirfirst wicket of the day. we've seen an unbeaten 50 from jonny bairstow too. england are 216 for 3 at lunch after india made 364 in theirfirst innings that's all your sport for now, back to you. that's all from us for now. the next news on bbc one is at 5:30. goodbye. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. more now our main story — the taliban offensive in afghanistan as they edge closing to capturing their key target of the capital, kabul. this morning, the afghan president, ashraf ghani has called on international support to help prevent further violence in the country. it comes as british and american troops are due to arrive in kabul to help repatriate foreign nationals in afghanistan. in