manager pep guardiola has confirmed their influential midfielder rodri will be out for a "long time".nt off injured in city's 2—2 draw with arsenal on sunday and went to spain for further tests on monday. the full extent of the injury is not yet known, but there have been reports he could be out for the rest of the season. the confirmation of rodri's injury came after city booked their place in the fourth round of the english league cup. they overcame championship side watford 2—1. jeremy doku gave city an early lead before matheus nunes doubled it before half time. watford did get one back late on through tom ince, but the eight—time champions hung on to progress. will be out for a long time, a while, but there are some opinions and it maybe will be less than we expect, but unfortunately he was injured. right now, still i cannot tell you because we are awaiting the last phone calls from him and the doctors, to know exactly what definitely he has and the type of surgery that he has to get. city were one of four premier league teams in action on tuesday, all hoping to avoid an early ex

programme: mixed emotions for manchester city — a win in the league cup is followed by confirmation that rodriill be out for a long time. harry brook produces a captain's performance to keep england alive in their one day series against australia. and marin cilic rewrites the record books as he celebrates in china with a long awaited win on the atp tour. absolutely incredible. i'm so proud of this achievement — for myself, for the team. welcome to the programme. we'll start with the news manchester city fans didn't want to hear. manager pep guardiola has confirmed their influential midfielder rodri will be out for a "long time". he went off injured in city's 2—2 draw with arsenal on sunday and went to spain for further tests on monday. the full extent of the injury is not yet known, but there have been reports he could be out for the rest of the season. the confirmation of rodri's injury came after city booked their place in the fourth round of the english league cup. they overcame championship side watford 2—1. jeremy doku gave city an early lead before matheus nunes doubled it before half ti

fears for rodri, with reports emerging of a potential season—ending injury for the manchester city midfielderand we hear from the british journalist who wasn't allowed to cover the heavyweight title fight at wembley after criticising saudi arabia's involvement in the sport. you're very welcome along to the programme, wherever you're watching around the world. after one of the most turbulent years in the club's history, there is finally some good news for everton. it was just over 12 months ago that the owner farhad moshiri agreed to sell his 94% stake. but as the first takeover stalled and eventually fell through, two separate points deductions for financial breaches followed, leaving the team facing another potential relegation battle. they avoided that, but two more potential investors came and went over the summer, and the team have now made their worst start to a season since the 1950s. but the club picked up its first point over the weekend, it has now emerged that one of those summer suitors was back and a deal has been agreed, so if it passes the necessary checks, then the friedkin gro

manchester city's rodri says they could go on strike.my humble opinion, i think there's much — we have to take care of ourselves. someone has to take care of ourselves. glasgow gets the go—ahead to host a scaled—back 2026 commonwealth games. also coming up on sportsday... working his way back to the top — anthonyjoshua tells us about his two—yearjourney to set up another world title shot on saturday night. good evening. this season's new look champions league is under way — all 36 teams will be playing over the next three nights in the opening week, with each side having a unique set of eight fixtures between now and the end of january. 2a points the maximum — that will definitely guarantee a top—eight finish to qualify for the knockout stage, 8—9 points should be enough to get into the play—offs. that's the next 16 sides, what we do know is that the bottom 12 in this single league phase will be out of europe, no parachute into the europa league. the thinking behind it all, to ensure more meaningful matches earlier on in the competition

it's rumoured to be serious, but will rodri be out for the rest of the season?ow much of a dent will that put in manchester city's title challenge? plus, the pitch that looks more like a golf course. fans have been fundraising after flooding at afc wimbledon wrecked their home fixtures for the foreseeable. this is a significant hurdle that we got to overcome, but if history teaches us anything, nothing is impossible and we will get through it and we will come back stronger. also coming up on sportsday. we'll have the latest from the para—cycling world championships, where britain have won nine medals on day four. and lessons from the best in the world — olympic gold medallist duncan scott turns his hand to teaching as he passes on his skills to kids. welcome to the programme. england are fighting to save the series and save face as they battle against australia in the third one—day international. they trail the series 2—0 and need 305 runs to win this match. it's a big ask, but not outwith the realms of possibility. we'll be live to chester—le—street in a moment

the reigning english champions have not lost in the last 48 premier league matches in which rodri hasking after the match on sunday — before knowing the severity of the injury — city manager pep guardiola outlined his importance. he's the best holding midfielder in the world, i would say potential ballon d'or winner. i would love it. so he's important. but it happened. it happened in the first minute, and the other one... these are the type of games with arsenal. it's like that, so we have to handle it. we had to handle it from many, many aspects. you have to handle it — and we did it. former manchester united defender gary neville and the greater manchester mayor andy burnham have taken the club's case for a new stadium to the labour party conference in liverpool. both are involved with the old trafford regeneration task force. it's looking at whether to redevelop the existing ground or build a new 100,000—capacity stadium on adjacent land owned by the club. supporters have been asked to take part in a survey looking at the options, with final recommendations expected by the end of t

but a base for the 5eason rodri. but a base for the other teams. 5eason rodri.n percentage goe5 ma55ively up when rodri his plane. in the running for best player of the world globally a5 in the running for best player of the world globally as well so such a force for them. today is the first chance to see how manchester city cope without influential midfielder rodri, after he was ruled out for the rest of the season. champions city play newcastle in the premier league at 1230 at st james' park, but the spaniard won't be there after it was confirmed on friday that he's had surgery on a serious knee injury. manager pep guardiola says rodri i5 "irreplaceable" but city must find a solution. people say, you have money to buy a player like rodri who is not in the market, this is really, really good. but i am so sad, nobody deserves that. but it is what it is. hopefully surgery goe5 that. but it is what it is. hopefully surgery goes well and time and recovery and with the players that we have, it is a challenge, you know. it's two wins from two for women's super league

manager pep guardiola has confirmed their influential midfielder rodri will be out for a "long time".

it is not like the opinion of rodri, or whatever, so i think it is a general opinion of players, betweenmber of games in which a player can perform in the highest level. after that, everything comes, you drop, because it is impossible to sustain the physical level. manchester united got their biggest victory under erik ten hag to cruise into the english league cup last 16 at the expense of third—tier barnsley. marcus rashford, alejandro garnacho and christian eriksen all scored twice, while brazilian winger antony converted a first—half spot—kick in what turned into a rout. it was united's biggest win since they hammered southampton 9—0 in february 2021, when the stands were still empty, due to covid. elsewhere, championship side preston north end stunned premier league fulham, winning 16—15 on penalties. that's the longest shoot—out in league cup history, and in a battle of the premier league's two sides yet to pick up a point, southampton beat everton on penalties. the commonwealth games will return to glasgow in 2026, after the scottish government approved the move. the city hosted it

rodri has sympathy from former city keeperjoe hart.that, at some point, they will have to stand up point, they will have to stand up for themselves. because they are answering questions, it is are answering questions, it is a lot of football and when you're in the game and so focused on winning and being your best everyday, the format doesn't really allow for that. at the moment, i have no doubt it looks daunting. if you put it looks daunting. if you put it on paper and you see, i will ask you to play six to five games and play for your country this season, you will say no. your body cannot withstand that. i'm sure that, from what i know, people are trying to look at welfare. it's notjust the money men at the top or the tv channels saying, we don't care, get on that pitch and entertainers, so there's plenty more things going on in the background. roma have sacked manager daniele de rossi just four games into the new serie a season. de rossi's appointment injanuary initially led to an upturn in fortunes, with roma climbing the table to

i think rodri is right about the possible attribution of the football player, if the calculation is to solve the problem of the calendar of games, there is no problem if there is no club world cup and the number of games is reduced, it is a good thing that martial is in greece with the official announcement of the greek club ike athens anthony martial striker 28 the frenchman, who played for manchester united in recent years , joined this team with a two-year contract. martial in during his nine years in manchester , he recorded 90 goals and 47 assists in 317 games. it is being held in tehran these days. weakness in preparing the team to send to the competitions is the most important concern of the national team. the goal of defending the championship title and obtaining the global quota, the children are receiving the necessary tips from the technical staff. we hope that we will be able to defend the title again. the first day of eid al-fitr will start. i hope that we will get the best result and go to thailand with full preparation to repeat our title. we must gain a better position

rodri has sympathy from former city keeperjoe hart.that, at some point, they will have to stand up for themselves. because they are answering questions, it is a lot of football and when you're in the game and so focused on winning and being your best every day, the format doesn't really allow for that. at the moment, i have no doubt it looks daunting. if you put it on paper and you see, i will ask you to play 65 games and play for your country this season, you will say no. your body cannot withstand that. i'm sure that, from what i know, people are trying to look at welfare. it's notjust the money men at the top or the tv channels saying, "we don't care, get on that pitch and entertain us," so there's plenty more things going on in the background. manchester city against inter milan is one of six matches kicking—off later. elsewhere, bologna make their champions league debut at home to shakhtar donetsk. slovan bratislava also play in the champions league for the first time at celtic. while spanish side girona's first european match in

rodri travelled to spain on monday for initial tests and manager pep guardiola has admitted he'll be a �*while'. well, rodri's team—mates are in action tonight as they try to reach the fourth round of the english league cup. city are up against watford — who play in the division below. they are 2—0 up with matheus nunes getting a second, jeremy doku with the opener. chelsea leading in their game against barrow, and goalless in the other two games. premier league teams all in action there. it's a busy night of football around europe, too. in italy's serie a — atalanta are taking on como — atalanta leading 1—0. whilst in spain, real madrid are aiming to close the gap on leaders barcelona — who are four points ahead. real are playing alaves right now. they are currently up in that match there. earlier, sevilla beat vallidolid while valencia and osasuna ended goalless. uefa has stripped the san siro of hosting the champions league final in 2027. it's after authorities in milan couldn't guarantee that refurbishment work at the stadium and the surrounding area wouldn't affect the match. ue

rodri is a strong man.'s the best holding midfielder in the world. a potential, i would say a potential ballon d'or winner. i would love it. so it's important that... but it's happened. newcastle's carabao cup tie at wimbledon tomorrow has been called off because of flooding at the plough lane ground. wimbledon say heavy overnight rain caused "extensive" flooding of the river wandle and surrounding areas in south london. parts of the stadium are under water. the third round tie will be rescheduled in due course. after losing yesterday to bad weather, the one—day cup final between somerset and glamorgan is under way at trent bridge, albeit after being limited to 20 overs a side. somerset won the toss and put glamorgan in to bat and it proved effective early on, with alfie ogborne taking back—to—back wicekts in the second over, but sam northeast dug in — his unbeaten 63 helping set somerset a target of 187 for victory. in reply they've struggled to get going. they are currently 89—a and well behind the requir

on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news: bad news for the manchester city and spain midfielder rodri could be out for the rest of the season after picking up a knee injury over the weekend. good afternoon. israel has carried out fresh attacks on hezbollah targets in southern lebanon after its airstrikes yesterday that killed 558 people, according to the latest figures from the lebanese government. it was the deadliest day in lebanon since the civil war which ended in 1990, and it's prompted a mass exodus of civilians from their homes, causing gridlock on the roads. meanwhile, hezbollah has fired dozens of rockets towards northern israel this morning. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega sent this report from beirut. the journey in search of safety. thousands are still on the move, fleeing southern lebanon and israel's air strikes that show no sign of easing. its conflict with hezbollah now being felt all across the country. in beirut, this school is one of dozens now turned into shelters for the displaced. 6,000 are here without knowing when or if they will be able to go back h

it's being reported that manchester city midfielder rodri suffered a potentially season ending injury a hamstring injury. speaking after the match on sunday — before knowing the severity of the injury — city manager pep guardiola outlined how important rodri is to the team. he's the best holding midfielder in the world, i would say. i would love it. it's important that it happens. at the end, happening in the first minutes. this is the type of games where it's like that, so this is left to handle it for many aspects we're not using. we have to handle it and we did it. there's been a long—awaited breakthrough in the search to find a buyerfor premier league side everton. the friedkin group, who also own italian side roma, have agreed a deal for farhid moshiri's 94% stake in the club. the american investment group had previously agreed a deal in principle injune, but talks back then broke down. they have had talk5 this weekend with farhad moshiri, come to an agreement and i am told the deal is done, it has been signed. i've been told the finances are already in place. any issues they had

programme: mixed emotions for manchester city — a win in the league cup is followed by confirmation that rodrierformance to keep england alive in their one day series against australia. and marin cilic rewrites the record books as he celebrates in china with a long awaited win on the atp tour. absolutely incredible. i'm so proud of this achievement — for myself, for the team.

their influential midfielder rodri will have further tests on the knee injury that he suffered duringain on monday for initial tests and reports suggest it could be a lengthy absence — with some suggesting he may not return again this season. well, city are in league cup action tonight — they face watford at the etihad stadium. that's one of four third—round fixtures tonight. afc wimbledon should have also been playing against newcastle, but their match against newcastle was postponed yesterday after their ground was flooded. more than 100,000 litres of water has been pumped out of plough lane after the nearby river wandle broke its banks on sunday night. the real sad thing here is the pitch damage _ the real sad thing here is the pitch damage and how long it's going to take us_ damage and how long it's going to take us to — damage and how long it's going to take us to get back on track, but we were _ take us to get back on track, but we were looking forward to a sold—out game _ were looking forward to a sold—out game against newcastle united. we were just _ game against newcastle uni

the list of nominees consists of 30 players, headed by spanish midfielder rodri, who won the english premier league with manchester city this year with the national team, the european championship. let us recall that at the tournament in germany he was recognized as the best footballer. rodri's main competitors in the fight for the golden ball are two real madrid players: jute bellingham and venicius. both took four titles with the club, winning the champions league , the uefa super cup, la liga and the spanish super cup, the english midfielder also won silver at euro 2024, while the brazilian forward received the prize for the best player of the champions league season. the list of contenders for the lev yashin prize, the best goalkeeper of the year, includes 10 names, including european champion unai simon, who also won the spanish cup with athletic bilbao, the best goalkeeper of euro 2024, frenchman mike maignan, who defends the colors of milan, as well as the best goalkeeper of the america's cup, emeliano martinez from aston villa. the yashin prize was awarded last year, the raym

team news is on the website, rodri starts for man city for the first time this season.from sportsday. hello. good evening. more september sunshine again today with temperatures across the board above the seasonal average and some the highest of those again on the northern areas of scotland. even towards the north sea facing coast, despite the cloudy start backing sunshine developed although here towards eastern coasts, those would be cooler and cloudy as he had to the next few days but more sunshine around for us with some showers developing later on in the south during the week and more on that and just a moment. the pressure chart and high—pressure still be gradually dressed for the northwards and eastwards and eastwards and still a brisk easterly wind blowing across the southern half of the uk and drawing in more moisture in the north sea and there will be a lot more low cloud drifting further westwards in towards the north and the west, the uk we will see largely clear skies but missed in fog starting to develop into tomorrow morning and here temperatures in the mid

manchester city has confirmed today that their midfielder rodri has suffered ligament damage in his rightnee. the spaniard had to come off in the 21st minute of their draw with arsenal on sunday. he has been seeing a specialist in barcelona and the club say that he will continue to be assessed to ascertain the full extent of the injury and expected prognosis. the recovery time from an acl tear is usually a minimum of nine months which would rule him out for the rest of the season. more injury news, kylian mbappe could be out for a number of weeks after picking up a thigh problem in real madrid's win over alaves on tuesday. he scored for the fifth consecutive match in their 3—2 win but was substituted in the last 10 minutes and appeared to be in some discomfort. the club did not give a time frame for mbappe's recovery, but he is set to miss sunday 5 derby at atletico madrid and he could be ruled out of next month's international break, with france playing israel and belgium in the nations league. with growing concerns around the financial reliance of women's football on the men 5 game, a n

fears for rodri, with reports emerging of a potential season ending injury for the manchester city midfieldered to cover the heavyweight title fight at wembley after criticising saudi arabia's involvement in the sport. you're very welcome along to the programme, wherever you're watching the world. after one of the most turbulent years in the club's history, there is finally some good news for everton. it was just over 12 months ago that the owner farhad moshiri agreed to sell his 94% stake. but as the first takeover stalled and eventually fell through, two separate points deductions for financial breaches followed, leaving the team facing another potential relegation battle. they avoided that, but two more potential investors came and went over the summer, and the team have now made their worst start to a season since the 19505. but the club picked up its first point over the weekend,

after suffering a knee injury in city's 2—2 draw with arsenal on sunday, rodri travelled to spain forearby river wandle broke its banks on sunday night. their managing director admits it's been a tough couple of days for the league two side. the real sad thing here is the pitch damage and how long it's going to take us to get back on track, but we were looking forward to a sold—out game against newcastle united. we were just really sad to have to postpone the game. we sold every seat in the stadium and it would've been memorable occasion for us. sadly, we need to get to work on repairing our pitch and hopefully getting people back here very, very soon. england's cricketers have kept alive their one—day series against australia — thanks to a captain's performance from harry brook. he hit an unbeaten century to help his team win the third match in durham — although they didn't quite reach their target — before the weather intervened. joe wilson reports. england's players often enjoy their football but it is still cricket season. still time for england versus australia. mitchell marsh ve

rodri’s main competitors in the fight for the golden ball are two real madrid players: jute bellinghamnd venicius. both won four. uefa, la liga and the spanish super cup. the english halfback also took silver at euro 2024, and the brazilian forward received the prize for the best player of the champions league season. the list of contenders for the lev yashin prize, the best goalkeeper of the year, includes 10 names. it includes the european champion unai simon, who also won the spanish cup with athletic bilbao, the best goalkeeper of euro 2024, frenchman mike menyan, who defends the colors of milan, and also the best goalkeeper of the america's cup. emeliano martinez from aston villa. the argentine was awarded the yashin prize last year. the raymond kopa prize, for the best young player of the year, is almost guaranteed to go to european champion lamine yamal. the seventeen-year-old barcelona striker set several records, including becoming the youngest participant and scorer in continental championships. finally, for the award for the best coach of the year six specialists are competi

it comes just a week since manchester city since manchester city midfielder midfielder rodri suggested that players could strike over fixture congestion. i think we're getting to a real sort of dangerous level of what our expectations are around players. and, you know, instead of sort of focusing on one or two tournaments, it's about the calendar. you know, that's more of an issue. players don't get a break between seasons anymore like they used to. there's more tournaments, both in international and at club level, at continental level. so, like i said, it's going to get to a point where, you know, we're not going to have the best players out there playing. and probably even worse is, you know, them breaking down for various reasons. so it's definitely something that needs to be addressed. so here are those nine matches kicking off later. two early fixtures, rangers are in sweden to take on malmo, and fenerbah e play the belgian side union saint—gilloise. all those over on the bbc sport website. it's a big night of european football in the womens game as well with the second round of t

fears for rodri, with reports emerging of a potential season—ending injury for the manchester city midfielder allowed to cover the heavyweight title fight at wembley after criticising saudi arabia's involvement in the sport. you're very welcome along to the programme, wherever you're

, where city managed to win their first championship in the champions league with a single goal by rodri. manchester city started the league with strength as in the past few seasons. guide them, they are the best team in italy and defending against the attacking style of inter is not an easy task on the other side, but afia has won two of their last four games in serie a and won two pictures, and with 8 points after juventus, they are in the fourth place in the table. inter's last four games in england have ended with this team's victory, and nerazzurri can win superiority in this tough and difficult match will set a new standard for itself, the only concern here. the possible presence of mehdi tarmi in the inter lineup has doubled the importance of this game for us. five more games will be held on wednesday , when bologna hosts donks of ukraine. spartak will face salzburg at home. at 223, celtic will host sloan bratlava in scotland. cherub blodge in belgium away to dortmund last season's surprise league. thank you very much for choosing the football magazine to watch. in this section, i

manchester city's star midfielder rodri says players could go on strike over the number of matches they're season. he was speaking at a news conference, ahead of city's champions league opener against inter milan on wednesday. the competition has been expanded, with more games added in a new format, but he says the players weren't consulted and could refuse to take part. i think we're close to that, i mean, because it's easy to understand, i mean, if it were asking something general, i think you ask any player, he would say the same. it is not like the opinion of rotary or whatever, so i think it is a general opinion of players between a0 and 50 is the number of games in which a player can perform in the highest level. after that everything comes you drop, because it is impossible to sustain the physical level. manchester united got their biggest victory under erik ten hag to cruise into the english league cup last 16 at the expense of third—tier barnsley. marcus rashford, alejandro garnacho and christian eriksen all scored twice, while brazilian winger antony converted a first—half spot—k

it comes just a week since manchester city since manchester city midfielder midfielder rodri suggestedto a real sort of dangerous level of what our expectations are around players. and, you know, instead of sort of focusing on one or two tournaments, it's about the calendar. you know, that's more of an issue. players don't get a break between seasons anymore like they used to. there's more tournaments, both in international and at club level, at continental level. so, like i said, it's going to get to a point where, you know, we're not going to have the best players out there playing. and probably even worse is, you know, them breaking down for various reasons. so it's definitely something that needs to be addressed. so here are those nine matches kicking off later. two early fixtures, rangers are in sweden to take on malmo,

in germany, he was recognized as the best football player, the main rodri's rivals in the race for the golden ball are two real madrid players jute bellingham and venicius. both have won four titles with the club, winning the champions league, uefa super cup, la liga and spanish super cup. the english midfielder also won silver at euro 2024, and the brazilian forward received the prize for the best player of the champions league season. the list of contenders for the lev yashin prize, the best goalkeeper of the year, includes 10 names. european champion unai simon stands out among them. guaranteed to go to the european champion kopa, the best young player of the year, almost lamin yamal, the seventeen-year-old barcelona striker set several records, in particular becoming the youngest participant and scorer in continental championships. finally , six specialists are competing for the award for the best coach of the year. the main fight is expected to unfold between the italian coach of real carlo ancelotti and the head coach of the spanish national team luis dela fuente. the awards cere

the champions league two seasons ago , where city won their first league title with a single goal by rodri. get the heroes. city won the league as in the past few seasons the power has started and he has won all four of his games in england . in the past, they won two games and won two games in serie a , and with 8 points after juventus, they are in the fourth place in the table. all the last four games of inter in england have ended with the victory of this team, and neratsuri can win this difficult match. register a new quorum of his own . federico demarco was not the only concern in this game . to be clear, city needs no introduction. we are facing a very organized and strong team . they have not lost at home for 6 years, but we know what we have to do. five more games will be held on wednesday, when the hosts bologna host slovan bratislava in scotland. the crewe blues will go to belgium against last season's champions league wonder dortmund and paris saint-germain at parc du prence. to introduce the beautiful, old and cultured to the people of norway , and also to invite the athletes o

of the competition will be with the early elimination of the spaniards, and our latest news is that rodri hafak, the spaniard of the man city team , is likely to miss the rest of the season due to an injury to the crusader robot. kylian mbappe, the french striker of real madrid, is out of action for 3 weeks due to injury will be far thank you very much for your cooperation with sports news. good night and god bless . tomorrow, thursday, the fifth of october, the twenty-second of ravi al-awal , and the twenty-sixth of september, midnight tonight at 11:14 p.m., tomorrow morning call to prayer in tehran at 4:32 p.m. and sunrise at 5.5 p.m. is thank you very much, dear compatriots, for joining us with the news at 21:00. i invite you to be a viewer of tonight's special news talk hosted by my colleague, mr. khosravi. greetings to you, please, in the name of allah, the most merciful, the most merciful, gentlemen. good night to you and the dear viewers. god willing tonight's special news talk will be devoted to the explanation of the supreme leader of the revolution's statements in dedeh today. a

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it comes just a week since manchester city midfielder rodri suggested that players could strike overixture congestion. i think we're getting to a real sort of dangerous level of what our expectations are around players. because instead of focusing on 1—2 tournaments, it's about the calendar year. that's more of an issue, players don't get a break between seasons like they used to. there's more tournaments, international, at a club level, continental level. so it'll get to a point where we won't have the best players out there playing, and probably even worse as them breaking down for various reasons. so it's definitely that needs to be addressed. —— something that needs to be addressed. and it's notjust the british clubs struggling. ajax take on besiktas in another of tonights europa league matches, and their midfielder jordan henderson has described the current workload on players as "crazy". something that looks neat —— needs looking _ something that looks neat —— needs looking up— something that looks neat —— needs looking up properly. theyjust don't -et looking up properly. theyj

no goals in the other games so far manchester city's star midfielder rodri says players could go on strikece ahead of city's champions league opener against inter milan on wednesday. the competition has been expanded with more games added in a new format, but he says the players weren't consulted and could refuse to take part: i think we are close to that. i mean, because we are asking something,

no goals in the other games so far manchester city's star midfielder rodri says players could go on strike over the number of matches they're being made to play in a season. he was speaking at news conference ahead of city's champions league opener against inter milan on wednesday. the competition has been expanded with more games added in a new format, but he says the players weren't consulted and could refuse to take part: i think we are close to that. i mean, because we are asking something, something general, you ask any player, he will say the same, it's not like the opinion of rotary or what other. it's the opening of the players between 40—50 is the amount of games in which a player can perform at the highest level. after about everything comes, you dropped, because it's impossible to sustain the physical level. there are 7 games in the english league cup, with 7 premier league sides in action. manchester united are taking on barnsley. marcus rashford has given united the lead at old trafford. brentford have come from behind to lead leyton orient. eddie nketiah has scored his first

with more games being added to the football calendar, manchester city's rodri says players could go ongiving back with community crazy golf. the commonwealth games is set to return to glasgow in 2026 12 years after the city last hosted the event, but it will be scaled down. the scottish government has backed proposals to stage fewer events with a smaller number of athletes after the original hosts, the australian state of victoria, withdrew because of rising costs. organisers say the game will come at no cost to the public. here's our sports news correspondent laura scott. praised by many as the best ever commonwealth games, glasgow 2014 attracted some of the world's biggest sports stars. usain bolt�*s showboating and was hailed for galvanising the country. a decade on, and the city is already preparing to host again, stepping in to rescue the 2026 games after the australian state of victoria withdrew. i think it's a brilliant idea. it brings loads of new tourists here, loads of new faces. it shows glasgow in a good light as well. i read a couple of stories where they were like, oh, i

australia as they look to level the series just as manchester city feared, the season is over for rodrio had surgery this morning on a ruptured acl. we've had the draw for the womens champion league group stage, debutants celtic will face the wsl champions chelsea also coming up on sportsday. on board with ben ainslie in barcelona, as he reflects on the first day's racing in the louis vuitton cup i think that it's just the most amazing racing i've ever been a part of and wallows pretty stressful, is a huge amount of fun as well. of and while it was pretty stressful, it was a huge amount of fun as well. and as the super league's eliminators get underway, we'll hear from one of warrington wolves players. good evening, plenty coming up on sportsday, but let's start with some sport that's going on right now, englands cricketers are looking to force a decider in their one day—series against australia. the start of the fourth one—dayer was delayed at lord's by over two hours because of rain, and the match has been reduced to 39 overs each as a result, but england still posted 312. our sports

manchester city has confirmed that their midfielder rodri has suffered ligament damage in his right kneeof their draw with arsenal on sunday. he has been seeing a specialist in barcelona. the recovery time from an acl tear is usually around nine months which would rule him out for the rest of the season. with growing concerns around the financial reliance of women's football on the men's game, a new global investment group believes it has the solution and has told the bbc it is "ripping up the rule book" on football ownership. the mercury 13 group bought theirfirst club, fc como women, in italy earlier this year, and has pledged to spend more than £80 million building up a multi—club portfolio exclusively in women's football. they say investment in england is an "absolute priority". we believe there is an incredible opportunity to give these clubs they feel they need to write a big wave they need to ride a big wave we are seeing in women's sport and cement themselves as the world's super clubs. if you want to keep across all of those life scores in the football you can do that via the bb

the etihad tonight it's a repeat of the 2023 final — their only previous european encounter — when rodri goal to help city lift the trophy in istanbul, completing an historic treble. inter head coach simone inzaghi is urging his side to be agressive as they try to become the first side to beat city at home in the champions league since 2018. with clubs playing eight matches in a 36—team league phase, no—one�*s quite sure what will be enough to reach the knockout stages. so city boss pep guardiola is keeping it simple. just like in the premier league, it is not necessary to take it right now, we will be in the future and when the next game, that is wc. and for more experienced and clings competitions and read better will be “p competitions and read better will be up to do. manchester city against inter milan is one of six matches today. bologna make their champions league debut at home to shakhtar donetsk, slovan bratislava also play in the competition for the first time at celtic, while spanish side girona's first european match in the club's history is at french giants paris saint—germa

news for two of the biggest clubs in europe, manchester city have confirmed that their midfielder rodriuffered ligament damage in his right knee. the spaniard had to come off in the 21st minute of their draw with arsenal on sunday. he has been seeing a specialist in barcelona and the club say that he will continue to be assessed to ascertain the full extent of the injury and expected prognosis. the recovery time from an acl tear is usually a minimum of nine months which would rule him out for the rest of the season. just when his real madrid career was taking off, kylian mbappe could be out for a number of weeks after picking up a thigh problem in their win over alaves on tuesday. he scored for the fifth consecutive match in their 3—2 win but was substituted in the last 10 minutes and appeared to be in some discomfort. the club didn't give a time frame for mbapp �*s recovery, but he is set to miss sunday's derby at atletico madrid and he could be ruled out of next month's international break with france playing israel and belgium in the nations league. also injury related, rafael varane

following on from those comments from the liverpool goalkeeper — manchester city's star midfielder rodris could go on strike over the number of matches they're being made to play in a season. he was speaking at news conference ahead of city's champions league opener against inter milan tomorrow. the competition has been expanded with more games added in a new format, but he says the players weren't consulted and could refuse to take part. i think we are close to that. it's easy to understand, if you are asking something general, it's not the opinion of what we are, or whatever. it's a general opinion of the players, between 40—50 is the amount of games in which a player can perform at the highest level. after that, everything comes — you drop, because it's impossible to sustain that physical level. manchester united manager, erik ten hag, has confirmed that lisandro martinez, noussair mazraoui and matthijs de ligt are all available for tonight's efl cup third—round tie at home to barnsley. the league one club are rewarded for getting this far with a dream draw at old trafford. united won