the next match of the tournament between pakistan and sri lanka starts shortly, also in sharjah.ough to the semi—finals at the china open, she beat shuai zhang in straight sets. ba d osa swe pt through the first 6—1. zhang had been having a great run in beijing after going more than 600 days without a single win on tour, and the chinese player battled back in the second before losing it on a tie break. badosa will play sixth seeded coco gauff in the semis after she beat yulia starodubtseva earlier. the ukrainian, ranked 115 in ther world, gave her a scare, winning the first set 6—2, but the former us open champion fought back to take the next two by the same score. and that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. in the united states, new evidence has been unsealed in the federal election case against former president donald trump. prosecutors believe mr trump isn't immune from prosecution for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election, claiming he "resorted to crimes" in a bid to stay in power. donald trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him

a winning start for england's women at the t20 world cup, as bangladesh are beaten in sharjah.nd ben stokes agrees a new two—year contract, but the england captain won't be playing in the first test against pakistan which starts tomorrow. i'v e i've got some good things to focus on, so although i am not playing, i have a goal in mind. welcome along. thank you forjoining us. not an easyjob taking overfrom jurgen klopp, but it's nine wins out of ten in all competitions now for liverpool's new head coach arne slot. victory at crystal palace wasn't as straightforward as it should have been, but their 1—0 win at selhurst park means they'll stay top of the premier league going into the international break, as nick parrot reports. full—time at selhurst park, and diogo jota's full—time at selhurst park, and diogojota's face said it all. a lunchtime kick—off following a mid midweek european game has often been difficult for liverpool to digest, and this was no different. palace have yet to win this season, but they struck after 21 seconds through eddie nketiah. had he not been offside,

they're taking on bangladesh in sharjah — they've won the toss and chosen to bat.overs. while defending champions australia cruised to a six—wicket victory over sri lanka in their opener — beth mooney�*s unbeaten a3 leading australia to their target of 9a with five overs to spare in sharjah. jannick sinner says he's "surprised" the world anti—doping agency is appealing the decision to clear him of blame after he twice tested positive for a steroid. an independent tribunalfound the world number one did nothing wrong but wada has recommended he's banned for between one to two years. sinner�*s recent winning streak was broken by carlos alcaraz to a six—wicket victory over sri lanka in their opener — beth mooney�*s unbeaten a3 leading australia to their target of 9a with five overs to spare in sharjah. jannick sinner says he's "surprised" the world anti—doping agency is appealing the decision to clear him of blame after he twice tested positive for a steroid. an independent tribunalfound the world number one did nothing wrong but wada has recommended he's banned for be

australia's women are well placed to get their t20 world cup campaign off to a winning start in sharjahn schutt took 3 for 12. a few moments australia were sri lanka lost their first match to pakistan. australia's women are well placed to get their t20 world cup campaign off to a winning start in sharjah. sri lanka won the toss and decided to bat but could only make 93 for 7 from their 20 overs. megan schutt took 3 for 12. a few moments australia were sri lanka lost their first match to pakistan. 37-3. england's women get their campaign under way later when they take on bangladesh. captain heather knight says they'll not be looking past their group stage opponents after a surprise defeat in the semi—finals to south africa in last year's tournament. we have been a really good place. we have been playing some brilliant cricket. the first goal is to get out of the group stages. we are not looking too much further ahead, one game at a time, the old cliche, but we are pretty confident in what we're doing and we believe we can beat any opponent on our best day and our challenge is to do that

after losing the toss in sharjah and bowling first, the scots are now chasing 120 for victory.rance. after impressive wins in their warm up games, they would take on bangladesh with confidence. kathryn bryce was named the professional cricket association's player of the year this week, and early on, she showed why removing the dangerous murshida khatun for 12. but not everything went their way as the experienced bangladesh started to build a healthy total. commentator: unfortunately, it's raced away to the boundary. j in the dubai heat that was peaking at 38 degrees, kathryn fraser held her nerve to take the second wicket. a welcome breakthrough, but moments later that heat even got the better of her. scotland's bowlers continued to toil, but their fielders kept letting their good work slip through theirfingers. catching hasn't been great by scotland today. bangladesh, a little underwhelming themselves with the bat, saw out their innings by setting scotland a total of 120 for victory. jo currie, bbc news. this is the latest. scots reaching 68— four, seven overs to go, another 5

the country, so it was switched to the uae at short notice they are playing in the opening game in sharjahss and are batting first. 67-1. this is the first time scotland's women have played in a major cricket tournament pakistan play sri lanka later at the same ground. about halfway through that opening match, in the 12th over. paula badosa is through to the semi—finals at the china open. she beat shuai zhang in straight sets, badosa swept through the first set 6—1, zhang had been having a great run in beijing after going more than 600 days without a single win on tour, and the chinese player battled back in the second before losing it on a tie break.badosa will play either coco gauff or yulia starodubtseva in the semis. you can keep across the tennis, build up to all the football coming up later on thursday, all those uefa conference league and europa league matches coming up. some big teams playing in those as well but from me, olly foster, and the rest of the team here at the rest of the team here at the sports centre. that is all for now. welcome back to bbc news, i am sarah campbell.

south africa chose to bat first in sharjah.pinners, with player of the match sophie ecclestone taking 2—15 off her four overs. south africa restricted to 124—6. well, england made a sluggish start starting out in the chase but they reached their target in the final over. nat sciver—brunt with the winning boundary. she was unbeaten on 48. their next match is on saturday against bottom of the table scotland, who must first face south africa on wednesday. we've got three world—class spinners who are usually in the team, and then linsey smith was just added to that and, yeah, made it really difficult for teams to get after people. in general, in women's cricket, there's a lot of spin bowling in the middle overs, so, yeah, that has made it quite difficult to keep the momentum. so, yeah, so farthe plan is working, but, yeah, we've obviously got one more game here and then a game in dubai as well, so we'll have to assess that wicket. the 37th america's cup starts on saturday off the coast of barcelona — emirates—new zealand, they're d

here's our cricket reporter henry moeran in sharjah. and the first world cup match of any side. it was performance, in the end, that fell short of what they would have been hoping for. tash farrant, england baller, was watching on for the bbc. 120 was their target against bangladesh. they fell 17 runs short? they did. theyjust weren't able to get going with the bat. they bowled nicely, the spin up top, the scottish spinners, they bowled beautifully. the legspinner. but then as we said in the interval, we really felt that in the powerplay, they need to get off to a bit to a flyer, but they were not able to find a boundary against the slow spinners that bangladesh possess. i thought their two legspinner's bowled beautifully and i was impressed with the bangladesh fielding. brilliant, especially on the boundary, cutting off those twos. and scotland, sarah bright was left stranded at the end. she had partner upon new partner, and was unable to create a partnership with anyone. left stranded on 49 and was not able to get the team over the li

they take on england in their next group match in sharjah on monday.gainst new zealand is the next match and that begins in about ten minutes. and that's all the sport for now. israel's campaign of air strikes against hezbollah in lebanon appears to be widening, with attacks in the capital, the east and the south. beirut endured a night of heavy strikes close to the airport and in the southern suburbs. as the israeli ground assault in the far south continues, loud explosions could be heard on friday around the port of tyre. the lebanese transport minister said an israeli airstrike hit a road near the border crossing with syria, used by hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing the country. the lebanese government says nearly a quarter of the country's population has been displaced by the conflict. over a million people have been dispaced in lebanon. david miliband, the former uk foreign secretary, who's president and ceo of the international rescue committee aid organisation. told me the country had been turned upside down. this is obviously a moment o

here's our cricket reporter henry moeran in sharjah. first wild card match of any side, it was performance in the end of fell short of what they would have been hoping for. england ball that was watching on for the bbc, 120 was the target against bangladesh, they fell 17 runs short?— fell 17 runs short? they 'ust won able i fell 17 runs short? they 'ust won able to i fell 17 runs short? they 'ust won able to get i fell 17 runs short? they 'ust won able to get going h fell 17 runs short? theyjust won able to get going with l fell 17 runs short? theyjust i won able to get going with the bad, _ won able to get going with the bad, they bowled nicely, the spin — bad, they bowled nicely, the spin up — bad, they bowled nicely, the spin up top, the scottish spinners, they bowled beautifully, the legspinner but then as — beautifully, the legspinner but then as we sat in the interval, we really— then as we sat in the interval, we really felt that in the past, _ we really felt that in the past, the need to get to a bit to a — past, the need to get

meanwhile, australia began their title defence with a comfortable six—wicket win in sharjah.face new zealand on monday. after day one of the first ever staging of the women's america's cup, the british athena pathway team sit second after the opening four races. skippered by the most successful female olympic sailor of all time, hannah mills, who co—founded the boat, along with sir ben ainslie, the british team won the first of the four races yesterday to lie just behind the italian luna rossa boat. they race again on tuesday. reigning champions wigan warriors will play hull kr in next saturday's superleague grand final at old trafford. wigan dominated their play—off semi against leigh leopards, thrashing them 38—0. the try of the match came from bevan french as he danced his way through the transfixed leigh defence. hull kr beat warrington in the other semi on friday. england take on new zealand in wxv1 later today, having beaten the world champions before the tournament as one of 18 straight wins. yesterday, scotland's hopes of retaining their wxv2 title were boosted by a h

new zealand won the toss in sharjah and chose to bat.final against south africa, who stunned defending champions australia in their semi on thursday. rafael nadal says he is emotionally ready to bid farewell to tennis at the davis cup in malaga. the 22—time grand slam champion announced last week he will retire from the sport at the tournament next month... when he will represent spain. however he did stress that he will only compete in the singles if he feels he is physically capable of winning. new zealand are one win away from retaining the america's cup with victory over britannia in both of friday's races. after the british team won both of wednesday's races to start a comeback... the defending champions responded with two big wins on choppy waters off the coast of barcelona. they have a 6—2 lead... with their first opportunity to clinch the america's cup coming on saturday. and that's all the sport for now. before we move on. that is italy's prime minister who is giving a press conference alongside lebanon's prime minister. she is

they won the toss in sharjah, and batting first, started well, danni wyatt—hodge top scoring on 41 butpions australia cruised to a six—wicket victory over sri lanka in their opener, beth mooney�*s unbeaten 43 leading australia to their target of 94 with five overs to spare in sharjah jannick sinner says he's "surprised" the world anti—doping agency is appealing the decision to clear him of blame after he twice tested positive for a steroid. an independent tribunalfound the world number one did nothing wrong, but wada has recommended he's banned for between one to two years. on the court, the world number one beat taro daniel in the second round of the shanghai masters. carlos alcaraz also looking comfortable, beating china's shang juncheng for the loss ofjust two games. some magic moments. teenager shang became only the second chinese player to win an atp tour singles title last month, but had no answer to the world number two. alcaraz will next face another chinese player, wildcard wu yibing, next. four—time shanghai champion novak djokovic is also through, but he was given a tough te

women get their t20 world cup campaign in the next half hour or so when they take on bangladesh in sharjahka by six wickets. sri lanka only made 93 for 7 from their 20 overs and despite a few wobbles, beth mooney�*s unbeaten 43 led australia to the target with just over five overs to spare. jannick sinner says he's "surprised" the world anti—doping agency is appealing the decision to clear him of blame after he twice tested positive for a steroid. an independent tribunalfound the world number one did nothing wrong but wada has recommended he's banned for between one to two years. sinner�*s recent winning streak was broken by carlos alcaraz in the china open final last week, but the italian managed to put that behind him by beating japan's taro daniel at the shanghai masters. sinner rarely looked in trouble, beating the world number 93 in straight sets. he'll face tomas martin etcheverry in the third round. earlier, alcaraz beat also looked comfortable beating china's shang juncheng 6—2, 6-2. teenager shang became only the second chinese player to win an atp tour singles title last month, b

but they'll have to beat rivals scotland in sharjah to do it.y have had a steady start, six overs gone, no wickets lost, 29 without loss they are in that crucial match, particularly for england at the t20 world cup. england's women have already had a good day in rugby union — they successfully defended their wxv1 trophy with a 21—12 victory over hosts canada. it was a winner—take—all clash against the hosts in vancouver. the red roses fought back from a rare deficit to take the title. the defending champions extended their winning run to 20 matches. and they've now won both editions of the tournament's top tier. mauricio pochettino's first match in charge of the united states saw them beat panama 2—0 in a friendly. the former chelsea and tottenham boss was appointed in september following gregg berhalter�*s dismissal to lead them into the next world cup for which they are joint hosts. two european—based players yunus musah and ricardo pepi got the goals in texas, with another friendly, this time against mexico, to come next on tuesday. aryna sab

they now take on england in their final pool match in sharjah on sunday, while south africa face bangladeshday. meanwhile, india eliminated sri lanka with a much—needed 82—run victory to boost their hopes of a semi—final spot. jurgen klopp has a newjob — his first since leaving liverpool — having been appointed the global head of soccer at red bull. it's not a hands on coaching role for klopp, who left anfield after nearly nine years, saying he needed a break. he'll lead strategy for the likes of rb leipzig and salzburg — advising on playing philosophy, transfers and coaching development. the 57—year—old will begin the role injanuary, with reports in germany suggesting his contract includes an exit clause, allowing him to take over the national team job if it becomes available. in the women's champions league, defending champions barcelona are beginning the defence of their title at manchester city. they've played around 30 minutes. it is currently 0—0. juventus have the lead valerenga. elsewhere bayern munich secured a big win in bavaria, beating arsenal 5—2. hammerby beat st polten 2—0. n

they lost the toss and south africa chose to bat first in sharjah.nd played a quartet of spinners, with player of the match sophie eccleston taking two for 15 off herfour overs. helping restrict south africa to 124—6. england made a slightly sluggish start in the chase, but they reached their target in the final over, nat sciver—brunt with the winning boundary and unbeaten on 48. their next match is on saturday against bottom of the table scotland who must first face south africa on wednesday we have three world—class splinters who are usually in a team ended lindsay hasjust added to that, and made it really difficult for teams to get after people. in general, in women's cricket, there is a lot of spin bowling in the middle overs, so that has made it difficult to keep the momentum, so, so far the plan is working, but we obviously have one more game here and in a game in dubai as well, so we will work to assess that we get. the test series is under way in multan between pakistan and england and it's been a tough day for the tourists after winning the

through to the semi—finals of the women's t20 world cup after thrashing scotland by ten wickets in sharjahfor them with 33. however, england dominated, opener maia bouchier top—scoring with 62 and danni wyatt—hodge helping her chase down the total in under 10 overs. england are now top of their group and face the west indies in theirfinal group game on tuesday. meanwhile, pakistan have rested star batter babar azam and pace bowlers shaheen shah—afridi and naseem shah for the remainder of the three—test series against england. however, england captain ben stokes could be set to return, after bowling and batting in the nets on saturday. stokes has been unavailable since suffering a torn hamstring in august, and has missed four test matches in that time. england's women already had a good day in rugby union — they successfully defended their wxv1 trophy with a 21—12 victory over hosts canada. it was a winner—take—all clash against the hosts in vancouver. and the red roses fought back from a rare deficit to take the title. the defending champions extended their winning run to 20 matches. and t

well, as alex alluded to there, the other semifinal was between the west indies and new zealand in sharjahooked their place in sunday's world cup final. new zealand batted first and started well — opener georgia plummer top—scoring with 33. there was a nasty moment for chinelle henry midway through the innings when she got her catching position all wrong. thankfully, she was able to walk off the field of play. deandra dottin took four wickets as west indies set their opponents 129 to win, but they couldn't chase it down, falling nine runs short of their target. new zealand through to their first final since 2010 — they'll play south africa for the trophy on sunday. to football now. there's been a lot of reaction to the appointment of former chelsea and bayern munich manager thomas tuchel to the position of england manager. some fans and pundits asking why an english manager wasn't selected instead of a german. eddie howe's name is one that's been linked with the job several times. the newcastle manager was asked today if he had been interviewed by the fa, he said no and that he was surpris

through to the semi—finals of the women's t20 world cup after thrashing scotland by ten wickets in sharjahre top of group b and face the west indies in theirfinal group game on tuesday. in group a, a huge match hasjust got under way. australia are currently top of the table, but india can go level on points with them with a win. the aussies won the toss and chose to bat. they're currently 20 for 2 after 3 overs after renuka singh got both beth mooney and georgia wareham in successive balls. england's women have had a good day in rugby union — they successfully defended their wxv1 trophy with a 21—12 victory over hosts canada. it was a winner—takes—all match against the hosts in vancouver. the red roses fought back from a rare deficit to take the title, meaning the defending champions extended their winning run to 20 matches. they've now won both editions of the tournament's top tier. england's men are hoping for a better performance when they face finland in the uefa nations league later. it's after lee carsley�*s experimental side were beaten 2—1 by greece at wembley on thursday, promptin

they now take on england in their final pool match in sharjah on sunday, while south africa face bangladesh — with a 2—0 win over the reigning champions barcelona. naomi layzell, on her european debut, with the first goal of the game as manchester city take the lead — to then assist khadija shaw to double their lead. arsenal's campaign though began with a defeat. they were level against bayern munich when laia codina made it 2—2 midway through the second half. but pernille harder, a two—time uefa women's player of the year, scored a 13—minute hat—trick, to give the german side a 5—2 victory. john stones will captain england's men in tomorrow night's nations league game against greece. with harry kane not fit enough to start, the manchester city defender will lead the side out at wembley. stones has played more than 80 times for england having made his debut against peru in 2014. in incredible for me. it's a bit more _ in incredible for me. it's a bit more normal - in incredible for me. it's a bit more normal actually. bit more normal actually today and everything resumes of normal, the prep

that match will be in sharjah, while dubai will provide the other hastily—arranged venue, and that's it's hot, it's pretty sticky and humid and we're going to a competition with reigning champions australia. i’m competition with reigning champions australia. �* ., , , �* australia. i'm not sure why i'm wearint australia. i'm not sure why i'm wearing a _ australia. i'm not sure why i'm wearing a jumper, _ australia. i'm not sure why i'm wearing a jumper, but - australia. i'm not sure why i'm wearing a jumper, but it's - australia. i'm not sure why i'm i wearing a jumper, but it's hot out here. obviously, you can't look past reigning champions australia. they're batting depth is unmatched, i think. it's hard to know where england get on. they haven't played the best teams in english summers, but also really looking forward to seeing scotland. i do think they can cause some upsets.— seeing scotland. i do think they can cause some upsets. scotland playing host bangladesh, _ cause some upsets. scotland playing host bangladesh, it's _ cause some upsets. scotland playing host bangladesh, it

she made an unbeaten 49 from 52 balls to give the scots a chance of victory in sharjah, but regular wicketsrs meant scotland couldn't build a match—winning partnership and they fell 17 runs short on their first ever world cup outing. finally basketball, and preparations for the new nba season are ramping up with the defending champions the boston celtics facing the denver nuggets, who won it the year before, in two preseason games in abu dhabi. the celtics star player jason taytum is expecting the top teams to be stronger than ever for the new campaign. it's going to be tough. teams of gotten better, but i think for us, taking the mindset of not skipping any steps, that's what we did it really, really well last season. 0bviously what we did it really, really well last season. obviously it hit me ship is the goal, but we cannot skip to that. we've got to start and just try to get little bit better every single day. 0ne football update for you and porto have equalised, to have into at manchester united in the europa league tonight. and that's all the sport for now. you are watching the contex

they lost the toss and south africa chose to bat first in sharjah.nesday we have three world—class spinners who are usually in a team and lindsay has just added to that, and made it really difficult for teams to get after people. in general, in women's cricket, there is a lot of spin bowling in the middle overs, so that has made it difficult to keep the momentum, so, so far the plan is working, but we obviously have one more game here and a game in dubai as well, so we will work to assess that wicket. the test series is under way in multan between pakistan and england, and it's been a tough first day for the tourists, paklistan reaching 328—4 by the close. our sports correspondentjoe wilson was watching... 35,000 seats in multan, mostly empty. well, monday is a working day. there's some young enthusiasm. abdullah shafique settled in and england soon faced traditional issues on tour. nicely driven. hot day of striving and chasing and they did not have ben stokes — fit enough to assist, not to play. brydon carse, bowling on his test debut, shan masood

england bowlers, taking two wickets forjust 11 runs as heather knight's side began with a 21—run win in sharjahnka opted to bat but were restricted to 93 runs from their 20 overs with megan schutt taking three wickets. in reply, beth mooney top scored with 43 as australia won with more than five overs to spare. and england's tyrell hatton will take a one—shot lead into the final round of the alfred dunhill links championship after shooting a record equalling 11 under par 61. incredibly, that score was matched by denmark's rasmus neergaard—petersen but it's hatton who leads the tournament on 22—under, a shot clear of belgium's nicolas colsaerts. and that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. now ijust want to take you to some live pictures from butler in pennsylvania. in the next hour, we are expecting donald trump to arrive. thousands of his supporters are already there my grow. he will address the rally of course at the site where he narrowly avoided that attempted assassination in july. narrowly avoided that attempted assassination injuly. so we will be back alive when mr trump appear

england women will be aiming to make it two wins from two later when they take on south africa in sharjahne around for some compared with what we saw three yesterday but the downpour is on the heavy side. in between, when the sun is out it will feel a little warmer, temperatures upon where we should be at this stage for october. we have my persistent rain to deal with in the northern half of scotland, elsewhere a scattering of showers out towards the west and the south. many in central and eastern england, scotland starting the day dry and bright with sunshine, if you missed fog patches which will clear. batches of showers working northwards and developing quite widely across england and wales is going to the afternoon. some can be heavy and thundery and later on towards devon and cornwall they will become even heavier more persistent. when's the strongest in the far north of scotland, easterly but with southerly winds elsewhere, temperatures up to 18 or 19 degrees. when yesterday. three tonight, a batch of heavy rain will work its way across england and wales. on the shift but will groun

the white ferns lost nine wickets for 3h runs as they collapsed in sharjah.eeded repaired. the boiler was leaking, that needed replaced. his landlord said he was going to sell the flat, but instead re—let it at a higher rent. exercising his tenant's rights, luke sued his landlord for wrongful eviction and won over £2,000 in compensation. what makes me sick now is that that landlord is still a landlord, you know? there's not been any real repercussions. they're paying me the compensation on a payment plan out of the increased rent that they're charging for the property that's been let out now. that's ridiculous. there should be more of a consequence for not maintaining a property and for wrongfully evicting someone. landlords in scotland can evict a tenant by saying they plan to sell the property, but in one in five cases, they don't actually do so, according to a recent report. there needs to be better enforcement so that tenants feel confident to be able to get support, information and advice and actual enforcement when it's needed. so there is not that fear

it follows a seven wicket win over south africa in sharjah. finish on 48 not out as england reached their target with four balls to spare. next up, scotland on sunday. i think that was a really controlled with, and i think the way we controlled the middle overs when they were batting and really restricted them. the pitch was slightly better the other day but still thought it was going to be a tricky chase. obviously been really tough to chase here. i just thought we controlled that chase brilliantly. nat, very cool, calm head, as well as dani, just that partnership was outstanding to watch. ireland avoided a series whitewash by south africa with a convincing victory in the third one day international. having lost the first two games ireland set south africa a hefty target of 285 to win in abu dhabi but they were all out for 215. ireland winning by 69 runs. graham hume got three wickets including the last one here. it's only the second time ireland have beaten south africa in an 0di. it was last year a certain luke littler was preparing to put