sport today is coming up next. let's ta ke sport today is coming up next.r, harvey weinstein, denies allegations, made in a magazine, that he raped three women. catalonia's leader signs a declaration of independence, but says breaking away from spain must be put on hold to allow for talks. the jury in the case of an army sergeant accused of attempting to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute has been taken to the airfield where the flight took off. victoria cilliers suffered multiple injuries when both her main and reserve parachutes failed to open. emile cilliers denies the charges. duncan kennedy reports. thejury spent the jury spent around four hours inside the base where victoria cilliers took from. the jurors can't be filled for legal reasons, but had been shown in locations that, until now, they have only seen in photos in the courtroom. at each point, this detective explained to them the places that victoria and emile cilliers went in the lead up to her jump, when her parachute failed to open properly. you would have seen and heard recordin

that's all we've got time for on this edition of sport today. rts news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. or you oryou can or you can look at the leicester city draw with west bromwich albion. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. well, it's certainly been a very dramatic period on the weather front and the remnants of hurricane ophelia still barrelling across the uk. but the worst of the winds affected the south of ireland. our friends there experienced winds gusting up to nearly 100 miles an hour that even here in the uk, we had winds in excess of 70, 80 and even 90 mph. here's the ex—hurricane, what's left over. still very powerful winds. the core of that storm with some of the gale force winds blowing through the irish sea will still be moving across northern ireland, scotland and northern england during the course of tuesday morning. that nasty low still with us over the next few hours before it pulls out into the north sea and eventually the remnants of that into norway. travel disruption is still very much a possibi

, sport today is coming up next.ica on a path to world war iii and claims white house staff try to contain the man at the top. one of the worst firestorms in california's history is tearing its way through parts of the state's wine region. at least ten people have been killed. a man who planned to bomb a railway line with a home made device has been jailed for life. zahid hussain from birmingham became radicalised after reading books and online articles. he built the bomb using a pressure cooker and fairy lights as improvised igniters. a jury at winchester crown court was told hussain wrongly believed the pressure cooker bomb could cause devastating injuries, it was in fact incapable of detonating. if you have any old pound coins, now is the time to spend them. from next monday, the old pound will no longer be legal tender, and businesses will be able to refuse them and only take the new ones instead. but will they? some shops are expected to ignore the royal mint‘s deadline and continue accepting old coins, at least

thank you forjoining us on sport today. after losing their manager, scotland already have a new one for the short term, and my being carried by one of their potential targets for the long—term. david moyes says he would not in thejob long—term. david moyes says he would not in the job done, although long—term. david moyes says he would not in thejob done, although he would prefer to return to club football. the former manchester united boss let sunderland in may following their relegation. he is one of the favourites to replace gordon strachan, who left yesterday, after scotla nd gordon strachan, who left yesterday, after scotland failed to qualify for the world cup. if you are approached by scotland, ziggler, i was working with coaches in scotland. i don't think anybody of that is down the national team opportunity, but a it has to be the right time, as well. my has to be the right time, as well. my first tours would be to go back into club management. but scotland wa nted into club management. but scotland wanted talks on

sport today is coming up next. 59 people are now confirmed dead in america's worst ever modern day shooting. more than 500 hundred others are injured. officials confirm the gunman, a former accountant, killed himself. the gunman has been named as stephen paddock, who fired on crowds of people from the window of his hotel room before killing himself. three american scientists who discovered the secret of the body clock have won the nobel prize for physiology or medicine. the body clock — or circadian rhythm — is the reason the human body wants to sleep at night. but it also drives huge changes in behaviour and body function. the nobel prize committee said the findings had vast implications for our health and wellbeing, as our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. each of us has an internal body clock that synchronises with the sun and the day—night cycle. but how these circadian rhythms were controlled was largely a mystery, until the work ofjeffrey hall, michael rosbash and michael young. the latter was at ro

welcome to sport today. the washington nationals have have tied their baseball series with the cubs, winning 5—0 at wrigley field. so the series is 2—2 and it goes to a decider on thursday night back in the american capital. trea turner put the nationals ahead 1—nothing off a cubs error. but then the magic happended at the top of the eighth.

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme... roger federer makes it six titles for the year beating rafael nadal to win the shanghai masters. mauro icardi scores a late penalty to complete a hat—trick in a last gasp win for inter in the milan derby. green bay packers quarterback aaron rodgers could be out for the rest of the season after suffering a broken collarbone. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the tennis news that roger federer has won his sixth title of the year after beating rafael nadal on sunday to claim the shanghai masters. among those six titles this year for the 36—year—old was the australian open and wimbledon and this victory means the swiss could still replace his great rival nadal as world number one by the end of the year. rob heath reports. it has been 13 long years since roger federerfirst it has been 13 long years since roger federer first played rafael nadal. he had won 27 of their 33 meetings but nadal —— federer won the last four. he'd woken the spaniard in the first game. nadal co

time now for all the sports news in sport today. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme... venus williams is through to the final four at the world tour finals — she beat wimbledon champion garbine muguruza to progress. and us open champion brooks koepka makes a strong start to the wgc event in shanghai. and we'll look ahead to the 15th rugby league world cup which gets under way later on friday. co—hosts australia begin the defence of their title in melbourne — against england. hello and welcome to the programme. venus williams beat wimbledon champion garbine muguruza in straight sets to reach the last four of the wta finals in singapore. the loss for muguruza end her hopes of finishing the year as world number one. austin halewood has this report. for venus williams and garbine muguruza, the equation was simple on thursday in singapore. the winner goes through to the semifinals and the loser goes home. at 37, venus is the loser goes home. at 37, venus is the oldest player in singapore but

now it is time for the sports news in sport today.s sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: rafael nadal recovers from a scare in beijing against lucas pouille to advance to the second round. brian dozier hits the first home run of the american league wild card match as the minnesota twins take an early lead over the new york yankees. and despite only having partial movement in his right arm, robert kubica may be back in formula one next season. hello there and welcome to the programme, where we start with tennis and the news that world number one rafael nadal had to save two match points in his first round match against france's lucas pouille in beijing before securing his passage to the next round. austin halewood has a wrap of the action from china. back on court. the

but now here is sport today. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.am play out an enthralling 1—1 draw at the bernabeu. saudia arabia's al hilal are through to the asian champions league final after a 6—2 aggregate victory over persepolis. and 48 hours after winning herfirst tournament in over two years, maria sharapova is knocked out in the opening round of moscow's kremlin cup. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the champions league news that real madrid and tottenham have played out a 1—1 draw at the bernabeu in spain, meaning they remain first and second respectively in group h. the defending champions had the better of the chances early on but it was a raphael varane own goal from a deflected harry kane effort in the 28th minute which saw spurs take a lead on a night where both goalkeepers were fully tested but the scores were level when cristiano ronaldo converted a penalty minutes before the half time interval and it stayed that way.

time now for all the sports news in sport today. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. lots to tell you about — but first... the world series is under way in los angeles — but who's going to take an early advantage.. as the dodgers play the astros... in tennis, karolina piskova powers her way to a second victory in singapore and with it books her place in the last four of the world tour finals... and we have new league leaders in italy — inter are top of serie a. baseball's world series is under way at dodger stadium — the los angeles dodgers, who havent won the title for 29 years have home advantage for the first two games of the series against the houston astros — who have never won the event. and the home side have astros pitcher dallas kuechel to thank for a good start. his first pitch resulted in a dodgers home run. la leading 1—0.

i'm rico hizon, sport today is coming up next.he chinese communist party congress after it was opened by president xijinping laying out a confident vision of china's role in the world. president trump is embroiled in new controversy after a congresswoman says he made insensitive comments during a phone call to the widow of a soldier killed in action. an estimated four million people in the uk are said to be in financial difficulty, according to the city watchdog, the financial conduct authority. the fca's latest survey found a range of concerns, from difficulties meeting mortgage payments to a reliance on credit cards. 0ur economics editor kamal ahmed reports. meet helena ventham, working as a part—time teacher in london, struggling, like many millions, of people to make ends meet. we've been living in shepherds bush since last september and even within that time frame it's become more difficult to pay the rent. we live in a two bed flat and i think probably a couple of years ago that would have been quite affordable for us. my pa

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme...oger federer makes it six titles for the year beating rafael nadal to win the shanghai masters. mauro icardi scores a late penalty to complete a hat—trick in a last gasp win for inter in the milan derby. green bay packers quarterback aaron rodgers could be out for the rest of the season

i am tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sports centre. zar saying he's moving home to london as he prepares for a future in the marathon. inter remain undefeated and move back to second in serie a as they chase a first title since 2010. and tiger woods announces his return to competitive golf after nine months out due to a back problem. hello there, and welcome to the programme. all that to come, but we will start with the news that four—time olympic champion mo farah has split with coach alberto salazar and will return to britain. salazar, who's based at the oregon project in the united states, is being investigated by the us anti—doping agency after allegations were made about drugs use at his training base in portland. farah, who won 5,000m and 10,000m gold at london 2012 and rio 2016, has finished competing on the track and turned his attention to road racing. this was when he secured victory in the great north run half marathon in england last month as he preapares for a new career ultimately in the marathon. he says the decision to c

hello, this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme. plenty outside but no fans in the stadium as barcelona take a stand following referendum unrest. after their 3—0 win an emotional gerard pique threatens to retire from international football. just one day after his 20th birthday max verstappen takes top spot at the malaysian grand prix. and the united states have won their seventh successive presidents cup as they beat the international team 19—11. hello and thanks forjoining us. barcelona have continued their 100% start to the la liga season with a win over las palmas, but the game was played at an empty the decision to play behind closed doors was made by the club as a protest as joe lynskey reports. with kick off just with kick offjust 25 minutes away, the announcement was made. barcelona would play, but the public wouldn't get to see them. the club had asked for the game to be postponed due to the controversial catalonian independence referendum. when that was refused, a decision was made to play the match behind closed doors asa

that's all we have time for this edition of sport today.lear skies and light winds out there right now. so certainly pretty chilly. but the good news is if you want a trouble—free day on friday, it is looking sunny through the country. a window of clear skies right now. a weather system is heading our way. that won't arrive until the weekend, unfortunately. there will be rain around on saturday. not in the short—term, in the short—term, high pressure is building as i speak. it will be brief, not around for very long. i hope you enjoy the calm weather. this is what it looks like on friday morning. not much happening out there. temperatures, eight degrees in towns and cities. rural spots and scotland, dipping down to around freezing. this is what it looks like first thing in the morning. a couple of showers and more of a breeze for 0rkney and shetland. but for mainland scotland, northern ireland, wales, and england, the weather is looking absolutely fine. glasgow and the south, sunny for most. temperatures around 7—9. the winds will be very l

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: world number one rafael nadal beats nick kyrgios to win his sixth title of the season. united states vice—president mike pence leaves an nfl match after players kneel during the national anthem. ans fans celebrate in cairo as egypt qualify for their first world cup finals in 28 years. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the tennis news that rafael nadal has won his sixth title of a remarkable year by beating nick kyrgios at the china open on sunday. the australian was beaten in straight sets by the spaniard as the world number one secured his 75th atp crown. rob heath reports. wired for sound and, initially at least, plugged in on the court, nick kyrgios matched rafael nadal in the early stages of this match. once again, though, discipline let him down. discipline penalty while nadal simply shifted through his gaze. nadal last won this tournament in 2005. at times he appeared as brightly as the 19—year—old who was about to take world te

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: iceland will be at football's world cup for the first time, after qualifying for russia 2018. pakistan are withing touching distance of winning the second test against sri lanka and levelling the series. and the houstons astros end the boston red sox quest for the world series with victory at fenway park. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the news that iceland have qualified for theirfirst ever world cup finals. goals from gylfi sigurdson and johann berg gudmundsson gave them a 2—0 win over kosovo and top place in their group and a place in russia next year. and you may hear more of this! this isa and you may hear more of this! this is a couple of hours after they qualified. the chart copped the imagination last year in france. iceland has a population of only 333,000 people and is the smallest nation ever to feature in the ultimate football event. i think we will always be humble. i think that is one of the characteristics of iceland,

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.ld koeman as everton suffer another europa league defeat, but they did go down fighting, quite literally. can they do it again? the chicago cubs are taking on the los angeles dodgers in game five of baseball's national league series. and after months of speculation, he's staying put. two—time world champion, fernando alonso, signs a new deal with mclaren. pressure's mounting on ronald koeman after everton suffered another loss in the europa league on thursday, but they did go down fighting. quite literally, in fact, after a brawl broke out sparked by captain ashley williams pushing the lyon goalkeeper. at one point it seemed to involve everyone on the pitch. williams received a yellow card before scoring an equaliser minutes later, but it was short—lived after bertrand traore put lyon back on top, the game ending 2—1.

time now for all the sports news in sport today.sport centre. coming up on this programme: world number one rafael nadal beats nick kyrgios to win his sixth title of the season. united states vice—president mike pence leaves an nfl match after players kneel during the national anthem. ans fans celebrate in cairo as egypt qualify for their first world cup finals in 28 years. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the tennis news that rafael nadal has won his sixth title of a remarkable year by beating nick kyrgios at the china open on sunday. the australian was beaten in straight sets by the spaniard as the world number one secured his 75th atp crown. rob heath reports. wired for sound and, initially at least, plugged in on the court, nick kyrgios matched rafael nadal in

time now for all the sports news in sport today.s programme. plenty outside but no fans in the stadium as barcelona take a stand following referendum unrest. after their 3—0 win an emotional gerard pique threatens to retire from international football. just one day after his 20th birthday max verstappen takes top spot at the malaysian grand prix. and the united states have won their seventh successive presidents cup as they beat the international team 19—11. hello and thanks forjoining us. barcelona have continued their 100% start to the la liga season with a win over las palmas, but the game was played at an empty the decision to play behind closed doors was made by the club as a protest as joe lynskey reports.

hello, this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre.eicester city come from behind to draw 1—1 all with west bromwich albion in the english premier league. and despite this scene at cork city's home ground after storm 0phelia, their league of ireland match against derry city will go ahead on tuesday night. england cricketer jonny bairstow talks to us about how family tragedy has shaped his life as a person and sportsman. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing

coming up on sport today. the best fifa men's player award ahead of lionel messi and neymar. simona halep snaps caroline garcia's 11—match winning streak and earns herfirst win as world number one. and pakistan complete a 5—0 series whitewash of sri lanka with a nine wicket win in sharjah hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the news that cristiano ronaldo has won the fifa best men's football award for player of the year. it's the second consecutive year that the portuguese captain has won the award. 0ur reporter mani djazmi was in london for the gala event with news of that and other awards on offer. the london palladium behind me was the latest stop in the cristiano ronaldo trophy tour. it's back—to—back fifa best awards for him now, just like it was back—to—back champions league the railmen madrid in may. the netherlands men continue to languish, their women are flying. serena beekman is the women's coach of the year and the leak of martin is the player of the year after they both masterm

hello, i'm nick marshall—mccormack and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.oming up on this programme: roger federer is after a shanghai —— the latest from the major league play—offs. roger federer is after a shanghai surprise. the swiss is chasing down the world number one crown. and molinari is the man to catch. francesco molinari shoots a 64 at the italian open. hi, there. the defending world series champions the chicago cubs are trying to keep their season alive. game 5 against the washington nationals is underway. so far it's looking solid for the cubs. the first runs were scored off antony rizzo. washington forced to decide yesterday with a victory. the winner goes to the divisional championship series against the adelaide dodgers. the latest score from national park, 1—0 to the chicago cubs. we will keep you updated. the american league championship series starts on friday. houston astros host the new york yankees in the first of the best of seven games. the texans have been waiting since monday to find out their opponents but their manager aj hinch wa

hello, i'm nick marshall—mccormack and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. a shanghai —— the latest from the major league play—offs. roger federer is after a shanghai surprise. the swiss is chasing down the world number one crown. and molinari is the man to catch. francesco molinari shoots a 64 at the italian 0pen. hi, there. the defending world series champions the chicago cubs are trying to keep their season alive. game 5 against the washington nationals is underway. so far it's looking solid for the cubs. the first runs were scored

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme...adal to win the shanghai masters. mauro icardi scores a late penalty to complete a hat—trick in a last gasp win for inter in the milan derby. green bay packers quarterback aaron rodgers could be out for the rest of the season after suffering a broken collarbone. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the tennis news that roger federer has won his sixth title of the year after beating rafael nadal on sunday to claim the shanghai masters. among those six titles this year for the 36—year—old was the australian open and wimbledon and this victory means the swiss could still replace his great rival nadal as world number one by the end of the year. rob heath reports. it has been 13 long years since roger federerfirst it has been 13 long years since roger federer first played rafael nadal. he had won 27 of their 33

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme.ing up, this man. i was devastated. it really, really deeply upset me. a top—level club, searching for a new manager, as rangers sack caixhina. and this time, it is for good as hinkley point retires from tennis for a third time. hello and welcome. after criticism of its handling of the discrimination case against mark sampson, the fa were in the firing line again. this time from andy woodward, the former footballer who helped expose the scale of the scandal in football. greg clark spoke about a victim crying like a baby. woodward felt such a comment from the head of the fa was unacceptable and upsetting. i was devastated. i will not lie. it was deep,ly, deeply, upsetting. it was deep,ly, deeply, upsetting. it was a confident shall meeting between myself and two other members of the fa with gregg and two other members in the room. ifelt let down. i contacted the fa when i had seen down. i contacted the fa when i had seen it from a response from them but i didn't receive one. it must hav

hello, i'm nick marshall—mccormack and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.for next year's world cup with a 3—1win in northern ireland against belfast. england also qualify after a goal against slovenia. and three home runs are hit ina slovenia. and three home runs are hit in a victory against the boston red sox. welcome to the programme. starting with the news that reigning champions germany have qualified for next yea r‘s world cup champions germany have qualified for next year's world cup in russia. they beat northern ireland 3—1 in belfast to guarantee their automatic passage. they won all nine of their qualifiers to date. sebastian rooney fired home the winner for the four—time world champions. the advantage was

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: rafael nadal recovers from a scare in beijing against lucas pouille to advance to the second round. brian dozier hits the first home run of the american league wild card match as the minnesota twins take an early lead over the new york yankees. and despite only having partial movement in his right arm, robert kubica may be back in formula one next season. hello there and welcome to the programme, where we start with tennis and the news that world number one rafael nadal had to save two match points in his first round match against france's lucas pouille in beijing before securing his passage to the next round. austin halewood has a wrap of the action from china. back on court. the world number one rafael nadal in his first match since winning the us open, but the rustiness showed. france's lucas pouille taking the first set. and the unthinkable continued. matchpoint to pouille, a let off to nadal. but after taking the second set of vital rake and decide is

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.in the coming days, you basically just have to take a look towards the atlantic because low pressure is queueing up. this is one towards the west at the moment. it will come into play first evening and into friday. and this innocuous looking area of cloud will explosively deepen into an area of low pressure on the weekend. more on that in a moment. first thing, a lot of cloud across the british isles. low cloud and misty and murky conditions for the majority on thursday. grey skies, and a mild start. rain to go with the cloud in central and southern england for a time on thursday morning. to the east, with a bit of brightness, a warmish afternoon. highs of 18—19. the west, early sunshine. replaced by cloud and rain. northern ireland, getting quite a lot of rain really through the course of the day. thursday evening and friday, that area of low pressure starts to whip up the winds, especially for the cornish coast, but anywhere for the channel coast for the small hours of friday. cloud

hi there wherever you are around the world welcome to sport today. start right away with one of the most crucial world cup qualifiers in a long time. most importantly for russia's organisers, portugal are through and with that success comes at the marketing magic of cristiano ronaldo and more bums on seats. they beat switzerland 2—0 in their final vilifying game. cristiano ronaldo and his men beat switzerland 2—nil in their final qualifying game at estadio da luz. an own goal from johan djourou handed the european champions the lead. andre silva netted the second in the second half to spark celebrations in lisbon. portugal's coach fernando santos said... "we've never pretended to be the best in the world, but we're capable of going head to head against any opponents." so here's how the final table looks in group b with the portuguese finishing level with the swiss on 27 points but crucially having the superior goal difference to earn the automatic qualifying spot. switzerland go through to the playoff with the best 8 runners—up. the netherlands capta

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.her as well. heavy showers and rain lasting through the evening and through the night. not great for driving. there is a squeeze in the isobars around low pressure bringing heavy rain through thursday and overnight. some gales with this. this is storm brian, which was named during the day on thursday. that looks like the next set of autumnal gales. but for friday, it starts grey and gloomy. fog in northern ireland and york and further north. low cloud and hill fog with remnants of low pressure further south. but it is an improving as the day wears on. increasing amounts of dry and bright weather and even sunshine until late on. that is until this next area of low pressure comes in bringing rain to northern ireland, wales, and the south—west. and the strengthening wind. despite the fresh air, it will be pleasant due to the brightness in the afternoon. but a grey start. through the evening, rain rattling east on strengthening winds. the game might be dry, west ham, brighton. the rain's n

i am tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sports centre.s enough to claim a fourth formula 1 world championship. a victory in catalonia — the spanish champions real madrid are downed by girona. and the return to lahore ends in defeat for sri lanka as pakistan win again, this time in a t20 match. hello there and welcome to the programme, where we start with the news that lewis hamilton has won his fourth formula 1 world championship title, but it didn't come in the style he might have imagined at the mexico grand prix. the 32—year—old is now the most successful british driver and it came about despite him finishing ninth, as our sports editor dan roan reports. mexicans may have been celebrating their annual day of the dead but for one man, the festivities had to wait. lewis hamilton, focused on a top—five finish that he knew would clinch a fourth world title. but in one of the most dramatic starts this year's championship has seen, hamilton, who began third, collided with title rival sebastian vettel in the first few seconds. radio: flat tyr

but for now, from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. it's been a very mild month so far. we've still got a few showers, actually, running down the north sea by the morning, hitting some coastal areas of england. but otherwise, with that high pressure building in, it's led to clear skies, light winds, and temperatures have been falling away sharply — particularly in the countryside, where there'll be at least a grass frost, and perhaps, in some areas, an air frost as well. either way, it'll be a cold start in the morning. there'll be a lot of sunshine around, mind you. those showers around the wash, norfolk, suffolk, fading through the morning, and then some changes in the north—west. we're trying to get back into that atlantic air, and that means some weak weather fronts bringing in some more cloud into northern ireland and scotland. perhaps bringing some rain to the north. but generally, most places will be dry into the afternoon. we'll probably see more cloud coming into northern england, wales, and the midlands in the afternoon. high

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.ales as we maintain a very autumnal flavour to our weather. this low pressure system was the wind—maker on monday. it's still producing some strong winds in the far north of scotland and the northern isles as tuesday begins. elsewhere, high pressure building in, winds easing a bit with high pressure building in. with high pressure, most places are going to be dry starting the day, with plenty of sunshine. here's a look at things, eight o'clock in the morning. a few showers dotted about northern and western scotland, driven along quickly on this quite strong wind. far north of scotland, more epseically into the western isles, there could be some gusts early on of about 50—60 mph. one or two showers in the north—west of england, but very few and far between. for most of us, it'll be a dry start to the day. a good deal of sunshine. a breezy start, though, with temperatures a bit lower than this outside of the large towns and city centres. some of us in single figures as the day begins, bu

but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.hat bit milder. we look at the temperatures we had at tulloch bridge on monday morning, reaching —5 but this morning, 10 celsius. a 15 degree rise. cloud and rain around, but is that cloudy weather bringing in mild conditions across much of the country. the rain will be at its heaviest across western scotland, a bit patchy across the east. a little misty over the high ground but no desperate problems with visibility. just a little mist over the top of the hills. further southwards across northern wales, partly cloudy with a few showers. some bright spells to start the day across southern counties of england. possibly an isolated shower for east anglia and the south—east. that will clear away quickly in the morning so what we are left with is bright weather across southern areas. the south—westerly winds bringing in mild conditions but we could potentially see a spell of rain for a time during the afternoon affecting parts of wales and then moving on into parts of north—west england. al

welcome to sport today.n the last half an hour, the washington nationals have have tied their baseball series with the cubs, winning 5—0 at wrigley field. so the series is 2—2 and it goes to a decider on thursday night back in the american capital. trea turner put the nationals ahead 1—nothing off a cubs error. but then the magic happended at the top of the eighth. with bases loaded and two out already. michael turner hit a grand slam homer to take washington to five without answer. so the winner of this series will face the la dodgers in the best of seven national league championship series, starting this saturday. the decider between new york yankees and cleveland indians is under way. game five is in ohio. the yankees have gone ahead early on. it's 2—2 in their american league division series. the winner will face the houston astros in the american league championship series which will start on friday. the nfl commisioner, roger goodell, has called for an end to players kneeling in protest. goodell‘s plea

goodbye to football all together that's not going to happen given the global fascination with the sport today'syoung fans are used to the clubs becoming the playthings of billionaires for those born in the previous millennium development seems increasingly disturbing although some are clearly more alarmed than i myself am. because this case in. point one fifteen dollars everything surely not those kick a ball to the village pitch even if the commercial. perhaps we can live with both faces of football. by marketing and merchandising and also what was originally and in some places still is. our top five landmark transfers. in eight hundred ninety three willie groves move from west bromwich albion to local rivals aston villa accused of having poached the striker villa were forced to pay and then mind boggling transfer a fee of one hundred pounds and promptly won their first league title with groves. a couple of years and transfer records later johan cripes move almost double the world record. proved to be a wise investment for barcelona for whom a new era began that has lasted to this day. in the

hello, i'm sarah mulkerrins and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.this programme: it's advantage dodgers in the world series, after winning game one against the astros on tuesday can they continue their home dominance in game two? caroline wozniacki thrashes world number one simona halep to make the final four at the wta finals in singapore. and a double for dries mertens sends napoli back to the top of serie a let's start with baseball's world series, as game two between the la dodgers and the houston astros is not long under way at dodger stadium. the hosts won game one on tuesday. they will want to keep up their home advantage. we are at the bottom of the second innings and the dodgers are up to bat and it is scoreless. we will keep you updated on that. caroline wozniacki continued her great form at tennis's world tour finals in singapore on wednesday. she thrashed world number one simona halep to book her place in the last four, as austin halewood reports. caroline wozniacki is on a roll at the moment but next

which tries to encourage youngsters into sport. todayworld ahead of australia. who are out for the ashes. it shows where we have come from as a team and where we are going. but it is going to be a really exciting series. the team had down under on friday to try to regain the ashes and stay as world number one. well the williams formula 1 team will be testing to say if robert kubica is fit to return to the sport. he tested for renault in the summer but they had doubts over his fitness. he wants to step up as a potential replacement for felipe massa. now to an incredible story from rugby league's super league.. castleford scru m — half luke gale is set to play in saturday's grand final against leeds rhinos less than a month after having his appendix removed. the england international scored a match—winning drop—goal in the semi final last weekjust 16 days after the operation. earlier i spoke to our rugby league commentator george riley. 0ne one of our doctors came to see me when i got my appendix out. he gave me three missed calls this wee

online in sport today. and pinstripe right what does that mean well the new york yankees have advanced in major league baseball's playoffs they pulled off a fairly remarkable comeback as you can see hair over the cave and indians the yankees have faith elimination in full consecutive playoffs but they won them all including this game five two knocking out the team that had won a record twenty two straight games in the regular season. so what does that mean they're up to the american league championship series yes as i mentioned and that's the term that's been tweeted out seventy thousand times largely across the u.s. cleveland had surrendered to no lead in this series very disappointing for them and the yankees were quick to stick the brit in on their instagram page with this post saying junkies of final junkies five the team the blue to no series lead to out what's been like over one hundred thirty thousand times. each team got their own hash tag and emerged for the playoffs as well for the yankees is the

we are blessed to have a roster full of some of the most thoughtful, articulate athletes in sports todayone who things all they think about or all they should be allowed to talk about is playing the game of basketball i think really misses the point. sports and politics throughout history have always intersected and always will intersect, whether we like it or not. i think we are very proud of how our players have represented their own views in a very thoughtful way and we will continue to encourage them to do that. emily: the season starts next week. what have you sent to the team about what you expect for them? if they want to make a statement during the national anthem, is that ok? rick: the players have not brought anything for it. that is the way the warriors work. i think you're right. there's one difference between the nfl and the nba. the nba has a rule that says players should stand during the national anthem. players have a lot of ways to express themselves because they are just high-profile individuals when they are off the court. i think they have ways to get their opinions o

the dodgers ninth inning, they got three runs to tie it, and in houston sports today, what a game out in seattle, the texans and the seahawks put up 79 points, seahawks ended up winning that game and the dodgers and astros, 24 runs on 26 hits, seven home runs, these fans are worn out. now musgrove comes into the ball game for devinksi. ken rosenthal wrote a column today that i think is worth talking about, i kind of alluded to it earlier in the ball game after the game-tying three run home run hit by yuli gurriel, he doubled in the bottom of the ninth and was lifted for the pitch runner, and can you talk about the relationship between yuli gurriel and carlos beltran and how beltran is trying to guide gurriel through this time after that racially insensitive gesture he made a couple of nights ago after he homered? >> he still has a major influence in that clubhouse. he advised gurriel and when he heard of huge averages remarks, he sent a text to him and complimented him for what he said. he said, listen. i wouldn't be writing to you if i didn't think gurriel was a good person. darvish

the most powerful man in the sport today telling me the athletes had been subject to a climate of fearo so, because they'd been subjected to attitudes and behaviour which i and british swimming consider unacceptable. a climate of fear? yes, and these and others are not acceptable to us. this man, former head coach rob greenwood, was found to have communicated with athletes in an abusive manner. he left before an investigation began and it's not known whether he disputes the allegations. he declined to comment. 0ne athlete, who wants to remain anonymous, told the bbc she saw team—mates being regularly screamed at, verbally abused and reduced to tears. tonight, we can reveal that hannah russell, who won two golds in rio and has a visual impairment, was one of the paralympians whose complaints were upheld. her father telling us about the toll it took. you do have to listen to your daughter on the end of the phone, who's upset, is fearful of the way that she's being managed, and that's a big concern. other families have been through a lot of turmoil, a lot of distress over the last two or

the most powerful man in the sport today telling me the athletes had been subject to a climate of fearnd proper that we should do so, because they'd been subjected to attitudes and behaviour which i and british swimming consider unacceptable. a climate of fear? yes, and these and others are not acceptable to us. this man, the squad's former head coach, rob greenwood, left his job before an investigation began, and it's not known whether he disputes the allegations. he declined to comment. tonight, we can reveal that hannah russell, who won two golds in rio and has a visual impairment, was one of the paralympians whose complaint was upheld. her father telling us about the toll it had taken. you do have to listen to your daughter on the end of the phone, who is upset, is fearful of the way she is being managed, and that's a big concern. other families have been through a lot of turmoil, a lot of distress over the last two or three years. in march, we revealed that britain's paralympic swimming squad, based here, at manchester's aquatics centre, had become embroiled in a bullying scandal,

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