today marks sarina wiegman's birthday and - to games. ere in place for this evening, and celebrations got under way earlier this afternoon when our colleagues at bbc radio leicester delivered sarina wiegman a regional food and leicester delivered sarina wiegman a regionalfood and drink pampered leicester delivered sarina wiegman a regional food and drink pampered to give her a real taste of the midlands ahead of that game at leicester city tomorrow night, including, we're told, pork pies. i hope she's talking again! —— i hope she is enjoying them. joey barton has been sacked as manager of league one club bristol rovers, after three years in charge. after leading the club to promotion after his first full season in charge, bristol are 16th and on a run of one win in five games. police in norway have opened an investigation into allegations of violence made by olympic 1500m championjakob ingebrigtsen and his older brothers, henrik and filip, against theirfather and former coach, gjert. he denies the allegations, calling them "baseless", and

today marks sarina wiegman's - marks sarina wiegman's birthday, and we won't give exact details, therer delivered her a regionalfood and drink camper. we're told including pork pies. on to rugby union, and england have accused the sport's world governing body of denying tom curry a fair hearing over his allegation of an on—field racial slur by south africa's bongi umbonambi. world rugby cleared the hooker allowing him to play in saturday's final against new zealand, ruling there was insufficient evidence. joe lynskey has more. it's world cup final week in rugby union, but through all the build—up, two teams still look back. saturday's semifinal broad allegations. england's tom curley said he was abused on the field by bongi ungbonambi. for now, there's resolution. in a statement, world will be said... that was met by this response from england. the rfq said... they said curry should have been heard by an independent panel. been heard by an independent -anel been heard by an independent anel. ,, ., , been heard by an independent anel. ,, , panel. the rfq has disgraced ureat panel. the r

today marks sarina wiegman�*s birthday, and whilst we weren't given exact details, mary earps said therening and in fact celebrations got under way a little earlier this afternoon when our colleagues at bbc radio leicester delivered wiegman a regional food and drink camper to give her a real taste of the midlands ahead of that game at leicester, we're told, including pork pies. on to rugby union, and england have accused the sport's world governing body of denying tom curry a fair hearing over his allegation of an on—field racial slur by south africa's bongi umbonambi. world rugby cleared the hooker allowing him to play in saturday's final against new zealand, ruling there was insufficient evidence. joe lynskey has more. it's world cup final week in rugby union, but through all the build—up, two teams still look back. saturday's semifinal sent south africa through but it then brought allegations. england's tom curry said he was abused on the field by bongi ungbonambi. if that claim was upheld, he may have missed the final. for now, there's resolution. in a statement, world rugby said...

sarina wiegman�*s side meet belgium again next week — knows they need to deliver over the next 7 days and form in the spotlight. we always want to win and we know the expectations are high but we have our own expectations as well. what we really want to do, of course we lost the last game, we were not happy with that, and we want to bounce back. we'rejust working on improving the game again, doing things right and playing very well against belgium having a good result. that's how we approach it, and those of the expectations. fix, and those of the expectations. a clean sheet doesn't define a performance in any way, there are lots of _ performance in any way, there are lots of different factors that play into a _ lots of different factors that play into a performance. on top of that, we know_ into a performance. on top of that, we know that we can be better and are always — we know that we can be better and are always looking to improve and be better, _ are always looking to improve and be better, and _ are always looking to improve and be better, and that's the exciting thing — better,

coming up on bbc news, — sarina wiegman's lionesses prepare to return to action against belgium in thep to remain in contention for next year's olympic games in paris. a charter flight bringing afghan refugees who've been stranded in pakistan to the uk will arrive here this afternoon. thousands of people who worked with or for the british government in afghanistan and then fled the taliban are still waiting to be relocated in the uk. pakistan has ordered all unregistered afghan refugees to leave the country by the 1st of november or face repatriation. 0ur pakistan correspondent, caroline davies is in islamabad. this is the first of 12 chartered flights we understand that will go from pakistan to the uk between now and mid december. there are over 3000 afghan refugees that are on these relocation programmes. the ones we spoke to today thought this was hopeful news but many still haven't heard what it means for them, so still some worry and confusion. life in a hotel room, no legal right to work or go to school. for months, afghan refugees, including translators for the british army and

fran kirby and kiera walsh are in sarina wiegman's squad — it's a first call up for kirby since a seriousbeth mead though, asjo currie reports. it's a lionesses gear up for the next women's nations league matches today boss serena wiegman made her strong squad against belgium. england will host the visitors at last next friday before they travelled the following week for the away game. however, following the tragic events in brussels on site today wiegman was asked how say she felt in the knowledge that she and the team will be travelling to belgium in a couple weeks' time. {iii belgium in a couple weeks' time. of course that's an awful situation, two people killed, very, very horrible. 0f two people killed, very, very horrible. of course if we have conversations with belgian fa is all about safety. i feel safe enough to go there and i haven't talked to the player because they are a club. but i do feel safe. there are conversations going on and we will do everything to make it say. {line do everything to make it say. one -la er do everything to make it say. one player who _ do everything

a disappointing night for sarina wiegman's world —— team. on her first start for the lionesses in more than a year. but belgium levelled just before half—time and despite england's dominus, belgium had the final blow, georgia stanway and bull and the captain scored the winner in the 85th minute. england now sit third in the group with their opponents leapfrogging them into second. scott and remain rooted to the bottom of that table, they are now a point from four games after losing 1—0 at home to the netherlands. the barcelona forward the match winner. netherlands top the group. northern ireland e1— netherlands top the group. northern ireland ei— one with hungary. danielle maxwell scored a late equaliser, the draw keeps alive their hopes of finishing second in their hopes of finishing second in the group, they now sit one point behind hungary in third. but wales are still pointless in their campaign losing 2—1 to denmark. the p5p campaign losing 2—1 to denmark. the psp striker scoring the opener for the danes. wales struggled to make it out

sarina wiegman's england side are level on points at the top of their nations league group after a wingoal, which puts the dutch top on goal difference. they will be at home for the reverse fixture on tuesday. wales were thrashed 5—1 by two time world champions germany. the defeat leaves wales bottom of their group with no points after three games. northern ireland were also beaten in hungary. in the premier league, tottenham are five points clear at the top of the table after beating crystal palace 2—1. all the goals came in the second half with this strike from son heung—min proving to be the winner at selhurst park. spurs have now won eight and drawn two of their opening ten games. so, supposed top but there are four premier league fixtures this afternoon and don't forget it is the manchester derby tomorrow so that cup of five points may be narrowed. charlie and naga. you cup of five points may be narrowed. charlie and naga.— charlie and naga. you have a busy weekend. looking _ charlie and naga. you have a busy weekend. looking forward - charlie and naga. you have a busy weekend. lo