now on bbc news, sport today. hello, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.djoko on sunday it's the women's defending champion naomi 0saka who is out of the us open. some big transfers as the window shuts across europe, we'll bring you the big names making the big moves. australiansuper star steve smith gears up australiansuper star steve smith gears up for the fourth ashes test. —— australian superstar. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. we start at the us open where defending champion naomi 0saka has been knocked out of the tournament after a straight sets defeat to belinda bencic in the last 16, her third defeat to the 13th seed this year and a loss that means the 21—year—old will lose her world number one ranking, with ashleigh barty of australia returning to top spot. 0saka was broken late in the opening set. her swiss opponent showing why no one on the women's tour had beaten more top five or top 10 players this season. 0saka entered the us open under an injury cloud, having retired at her previous event

hello, i'm marc edwards and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.lead against the mighty juventus, but the old lady fights back. successful start for samoa as they see off russia in their rugby world cup opener. we'll meet the three scandinavian siblings competing at the world athletics championships in doha. hello and thanks forjoining us on sport today. we start with football, and the italian championsjuventus maintained their unbeaten start to the new season by winning at brescia on tuesday night. that's four wins and a draw from their first five games. but they had to come from a goal down, after the home side took a shock lead through alfredo donnarumma after only four minutes. look at that for a finish! by half—time, juve were level when a cornerfrom paulo dybala was deflected in by brescia's venezuelan defenderjhon chancellor. midway through the second half, miralem pjanic won it forjuventus

hello, i‘m marc edwards and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.rst ever victory in formula one for ferrari‘s charles leclerc who wins an emotional belgium grand prix. —— pointing to the heavens. disgraceful scenes in serie a as inter milan striker romelu lukaku is racially abused by cagliari fans after scoring from the penalty spot. wang qiang, thank you ma‘am. there‘s a shock at the us open as china‘s wang knocks out ashleigh barty to reach herfirst grand slam quarter final. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. it was an emotional day at the belgian grand prix as charles leclerc powered to a maiden formula 1 victory, dedicating his win to his fellow countryman and friend anthoine hubert — the formula 2 driver killed in a crash on saturday. patrick geary reports. for a minute, the engines fell silent. spa paused for anthoine hubert, killed in a crash in the formula 2 race here just yesterday. he was only 22. a tragic reminder of the risks drivers face as an occupational hazard.

hello, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. to the return of the champions league, as the holders liverpool begin the defence of their trophy at napoli. in italy, lecce shock torino to get their first win of the serie a season. and ahead of the world cup, we'll tell you why thousands of japanese rugby fans turned out to welcome wales. welcome to the programme, thank you forjoining us. it's the biggest club football competition in the world and it returns for the start of the group stages on tuesday. 32 teams from across europe will battle it out to win the uefa champions league. liverpool won the trophy for a sixth time last season, and begin their defence away at napoli. and it's not the only mouth watering tie to look forward to this week. richard mcelvanney reports. the champions league is back, and so, for the first time this season, could be leonel messi. the barcelona star has been missing with injury but is included in the squad that goes to borussia dortmund. without him, bassa have struggled, winning two of therefore l

hello and thanks forjoining us on sport today.e start with football, and the italian championsjuventus maintained their unbeaten start to the new season by winning at brescia on tuesday night. that's four wins and a draw from their first five games. but they had to come from a goal down, after the home side took a shock lead through alfredo donnarumma after only four minutes. look at that for a finish! by half—time, juve were level when a cornerfrom paulo dybala was deflected in by brescia's venezuelan defenderjhon chancellor. midway through the second half, miralem pjanic won it forjuventus with a low drive fromthe edge of the penalty area. the win takes the champions back to the top of the table, a point ahead of inter milan. in the night's other game, verona were held to a goalless draw by udinese. both sides remain in the bottom half of the table. barcelona are back to winning ways following their shock loss to granada at the weekend. they beat villareal 2—1 at home, but something of a pyrrhic victory as they lost lionel messi

now on bbc news — sport today hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.olheim cup — as late drama sees europe fightback to beat the united states. england beat australia in the final ashes test to draw the series. and spain are basketball world champions after beating argentina in beijing. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. we start at gleneagles in scotland where there was an extraordinary finish to golf‘s solheim cup. the united states looked like they were heading for victory until europe won the last three singles matches to wrestle the trophy away from them. our reporter sarah mulkerrins was watching: six years since europe won the solheim cup, six and a half points was the target for victory. if the players were feeling the heat it was not showing. scott catriona matthew skippered the side, and with georgia whole of england proving a cut above, early momentum went their way. at the power began to shift and whenjessica korda sank this

now on bbc news, sport today. this is a sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.this programme: serena williams blasts away into the us open final, as she continues her bed for a record equalling 24th grand slam singles title. we will head live to new york shortly. the best in the world does it again, as steve smith hits a double century against england. and spain make it a perfect five 45 in their euro 2020 qualifiers, as they went to — one in romania. hello there and welcome to the programme. plenty to get through, but let's start with tennis, because it is women semi—final stay at the us open, with both matches being played under lights. serena williams remains firmly on course for a record equalling 24th major singles title after she powered past the fifth seed in the first of the semifinals. she was quite fantastic. survived a couple of early scares when she had breakpoints against her in the opening game but afterwards she started to strike the ball cleanly and with authority and it did not matter what she did she could not stay with williams who knocked

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.tralia have retained the urn, but there‘s still a fifth test to go. can england avoid a first ashes series defeat at home for 18 years? and argentina have reached the men‘s basketball world cup semi—finals for the first time in 13 years. hello there and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that cristiano ronaldo now has 93 international goals after he scored four for defending champions portugal in their 5—1 euro 2020 qualifier victory in lithuania. while his last three came in a 14—minute spell in the second half, as they made it successive wins in group b — in what was ronaldo‘s eighth international hatrick — his team remain second and one point clear of serbia with a game in hand. elsewhere in group h, world champions france despite an antoine griezmann missed penalty eased past andorra 3—0, while in the same group two late albania goals saw them beat iceland 11—2 in elbasan.

hello, i'm marc edwards and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.an kicks off later on friday. a youthful arsenal get off to a winning start in the europa league at frankfurt. on a day of upsets in osaka, giorgi stuns stephens reach the quarter—finals of the pan pacific 0pen. it's finally here! we're just a few hours away from the start of the 2019 rugby world cup as the host nation japan prepare to take on russia in the opening match. new zealand, meanwhile begin the defence of their title — and their bid for a 4th word cup — when they face south africa on saturday, in the tastiest of titanic clashes. the world cup is breaking new ground this year — with it being held in asia for the first time.

i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme. the perfect start continues. liverpool beat chelsea to go five points clear again at the top of the english premier league. the long wait for a win is over — for sebastian vettell — after a controversial victory at the singapore grand prix. england's danny willett wins the the pga championship at wentworth for his biggest victory since the 2016 us masters. hello and welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. chelsea gave it everything they had but liverpool's100% start to the english premier league season continues after a 2—1win at stamford bridge. jurgen klopp‘s side are now on a 15 match winning run in the league as frank lampard still awaits his first home win as manager. liverpool took the lead thanks to a fantastic trent alexander—arnold free—kick, chelsea then had a goal ruled offisde by var. minutes later roberto firmino doubled the lead on the half hour mark. but chelsea battled hard and got a deserved goal through n'golo kante which set up a

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.league beaten. liveable lose their opening game of this season's champions league. and will tell you why england cricketer ben stokes has told a british newspaper "utterly disgusting" for publishing a story about a family tragedy. welcome to the programme. thank you for joining welcome to the programme. thank you forjoining us. liverpool start the defence of their trophy with a defeat after being beaten at napoli.

now on bbc news sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. can uruguay believe it? the youngest team at the rugby world cup stun the flying fijians. we'll have a round up of the action from serie a as inter go top. there's no world number one spot for pliskova as she loses in wuhan. hello and thanks forjoining us. day six of the rugby world cup produced the first big upset of this year's tournament in japan. uruguay — the rank—outsiders in pool c, with the youngest squad in the competition, most of whom only turned professional this year— edged out fiji by 30 points to 27, claiming just their third victory in 12 world cup finals matches. it's a second successive defeat for the fijians, who now face an uphill battle to reach the quarter—finals.

now on bbc news sport today. hi there. welcome along to sport today with me ben croucher.n fraser—pryce extended her sprinting legacy with gold at the world championships in qatar. australia's rugby world cup ambitions took a blow as they were surprised by wales in tokyo. and the speediest star in sochi. lewis hamilton capitalises on a bad day for ferrari to win the russian grand prix. hello, thanks forjoining us wherever you're watching around the world. to doha first where jamaica's other sprinting superstar was at it again. shelly—ann fraser—pryce added yet another world 100 metre world title to her burgeoning collection, underlining her status as one of the greatest sprinters in history. ade adedoyin took it all in. while shelly—ann fraser—pryce won her first at the olympics in 20 —— 2008 and there are very

hello, i‘m tulsen tollett and this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre.fter victory over donna vekic at the us open. as you were — steve smith returns to the australian side for the fourth ashes test against england and hits yet another half century. and primoz roglic retains the race leader‘s red jersey after stage 11 of the vuelta a espana. hello there and welcome to the programme where we start with the tennis news that belinda bencic is through to her first ever grand slam semi—final after beating croatia‘s donna vekic at the us open in new york. the 13th seed, who knocked out defending champion naomi osaka in the previous round, won 7—6, 6—3 against her good friend and the 22—year—old swiss will face canadian 15th seed bianca andreescu or belgian 25th seed elise mertens next and the win over vekic will put her in the top 10 of the world rankings. first of all we were both after

hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. it was an emotional day at the belgian grand prix as charles leclerc powered to a maiden formula 1 victory, dedicating his win to his fellow countryman and friend anthoine hubert — the formula 2 driver killed in a crash on saturday. patrick geary reports. for a minute, the engines fell silent. spa paused for anthoine hubert, killed in a crash in the formula 2 race here just yesterday. he was only 22. a tragic reminder of the risks drivers face as an occupational hazard. commentator: and it's lights out and away we go! at these speeds, anything can happen. many of the crowd had come to watch max verstappen, born in belgium, and yet his race was over within a lap. most importantly, he was unharmed. meanwhile, lewis hamilton was chasing the two ferraris, a test of strategy and velocity. hamilton took longer in the pits than he might have but in his mercedes, he knows he can make up time. he passed a flagging sebastian vettel into second and went after charles leclerc, but man from monaco

hello and thanks for joining us on sport today.start at the us open where defending champion naomi osaka has been knocked out of the tournament after a straight sets defeat to belinda bencic in the last 16, her third defeat to the 13th seed this year and a loss that means the 21—year—old will lose her world number one ranking, with ashleigh barty of australia returning to top spot. osaka was broken late in the opening set. her swiss opponent showing why no one on the women's tour had beaten more top five or top 10 players this season. osaka entered the us open under an injury cloud, having retired at her previous event in cincinnati with a knee injury two weeks ago, but bencic was in no mood for favours, taking the match 7—5, 6—4. right now i have this feeling of sadness. but i also feel like i've learned so much during this tournament and honestly, of course i wa nted tournament and honestly, of course i wanted to defend this tournament, but i feel like the steps that i've taken as a person has been much greater than, like, i take

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.daniil medvedev battles back from two sets down as he looks to win the us open against rafael nadal australia retain the ashes with victory late on the final day of the fourth test against england at old trafford. and charles leclerc steers ferrari to a classy win — at the team's home grand prix in italy. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with tennis and the news that rafael nadal is on course for a 19th grand slam title as he leads russian daniil medvedev in the us open final in new york. he is looking for a fourth title and a 19th grand slam title. the 20 three rd russian is in his first majorfinals of three rd russian is in his first major finals of the spaniard claimed the opening two sets before medvedev fought his way back into it with the match having been on call for about 4.5 hours. 4—2, nadal in the fifth said but he isjust one 4.5 hours. 4—2, nadal in the fifth said but he is just one the seven games are his 5—2 up in the deciding set. canadian teenager bianc

hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. we start at gleneagles in scotland where there was an extraordinary finish to golf‘s solheim cup. the united states looked like they were heading for victory until europe won the last three singles matches to wrestle the trophy away from them. our reporter sarah mulkerrins was watching: six years since europe won the solheim cup, six and a half points was the target for victory. if the players were feeling the heat it was not showing. scott catriona matthew skippered the side, and with georgia whole of england proving a cut above, early momentum went their way. at the power began to shift and whenjessica korda sank this point, the american charge was on. after three days of little separating the sides it came time to the final putt on the final hole. suzann petersen, out of the sport for two years after becoming a mother, no sign of rest. after a day in the scottish sun saw the need to inconsistently, it came down to that sensationalfinish. a wild card pick more than justifying his se

i‘m chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. premier league. the long wait for a win is over — for sebastian vettell — after a controversial victory at the singapore grand prix. england‘s danny willett wins the the pga championship at wentworth for his biggest victory since the 2016 us masters. hello and welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. chelsea gave it everything they had but liverpool‘s 100% start to the english premier league season continues after a 2—1win at stamford bridge. jurgen klopp‘s side are now on a 15 match winning run in the league as frank lampard still awaits his first home win as manager.

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.england hammer the usa as the americans see red at the rugby world cup. an andrea belloti double downs a disappointing ac milan in serie a. the riske taker! wimbledon and us open semi—finalist elina svitolina is knocked out of the wuhan open by alison riske. hello and thanks forjoining us. we start at the rugby world cup injapan, where england thrashed the united states to make it two wins out of two. they won by 45 points to 7 — running in seven tries in the process, to claim a second bonus point in pool c. the us though finishing the match with 14 players after being handed the first red card at the world cup. from kobe, andy swiss reports. well, england had made it two wins out of two of this rugby world cup with then ultimately pretty

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.iams is through to the us open semi—finals after a thumping win over china's wang qiang. confusion in the field as sri lankan players collide, helping new zealand on their way to victory and a series win. and slovenia's primoz roglic takes the red leader's jersey after the tenth stage of the vuelta a espana. hello there and welcome to the programme, where we start with tennis news from the opening day of the quarter—finals at the us open in new york. and we already know the line—up for the first of the women's semi—finals, which will be six—time champion serena williams, who will face ukranian fifth seed elina svitolina, and that's after the american made short work of wang qiang. after breaking the chinese player in her opening service game, williams, who is chasing a record—equalling 24th grand slam singles title, powered through to claim the win injust 44 minutes. wang ended the match without hitting a single winner, and the 37—year—old williams, who picked up her 100th win at the u

hello, and thanks for joining us on sport today., where wales got their rugby world cup campaign under way with a 43—14 win over georgia earlier. warren gatland's side scored six tries ensuring a bonus point by half—time, but did struggle in a scrappy second half in toyota. katie gornall was there for us. wales have their world cup off to their perfect start here in toyota against joy their perfect start here in toyota againstjoy loads

from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. back to the studio in london.e minister is cutting short a visit to the un in new york, returning early to face various members of parliament and the consequence in the supreme court. he has started in the un general assembly. round—the—clock surveillance. in future, alexa will pretend to take orders, but this alexa will be watching you, clicking her tongue and standing her foot. watching you, clicking her tongue and standing herfoot. in watching you, clicking her tongue and standing her foot. in future, voice connected connectivity will be in every room and almost every object. your front door will sweep wide the moment you approach some saarland butler. your smart metre will go hustling of its own accord for the cheapest electricity and eve ryo ne for the cheapest electricity and everyone of minutely transcribing your every habit in tiny electronic shorthand stored not in their chips in their innards, know where you can find it but in some great cloud of data that allows ever oppressively over the great human ri

sport today is coming up next.s have been knighted in theresa may's resignation honours list. a second vote has been locked on a snap general election. continuing on the story, the speaker of the house of commonsjohn story, the speaker of the house of commons john bercow has story, the speaker of the house of commonsjohn bercow has confirmed he will stand down by the end of 0ctober will stand down by the end of october and won't stand as an mp at the next election. his time in the chair has at times been highly controversial. john pienaar reports. the referee who became a player, loving every minute as much as many conservatives hated him for siding with the commons against a no—deal brexit. march on our way. speaker! today, he told them he'd planned his own exit in his own time, on brexit day. not much warmth on the tory side but it was his moment, as he thanked colleagues, friends... and above all, my wife sally, and our three children, 0liver, freddie, and jemima. cheers. john bercow‘s supporters saw him as defe

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.a real humbling — psg crush real madrid in the champions league. guangzhou send the holders, kashima antlers, packing in the asian champions league. 0saka stars in osaka — the hometown hero into the quarters of the pan pacific 0pen. hello and thank you forjoining us. there were two heavyweight clashes in the european champions league on wednesday. one of the pre—tournament favourites juventus drew 2—2 in spain, against atletico madrid, while real madrid's bid for a 14th european cup began with a humbling 3—0 defeat at paris saint—germain. 0ur football reporterjohn bennett was impressed by psg, despite some high profile absences. without

let's take a break and go to sport today.sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: the european champions league beaten. liveable lose their opening game of the season because my champions league. —— liveable. messy returns to barcelona as they draw. and we'll tell you why england cricketer ben stokes has cold a british newspaper utterly disgusting about publishing a story about a family tragedy. welcome to the programme. thank you for joining welcome to the programme. thank you forjoining us. we start with liveable, and the defence of their champions league title, beginning with a defeat at napoli. with eight minutes to go, the penalty was converted. and capitalising on a rare mistake from virgil van dyck to double the lead. liveable the other first holders do lose their opening game since ac milan 25 years ago. translation: when it felt like all was lost for us than liverpool were almost in total control, that's when the whole team stayed focused and kept defending well. then two goals came fr

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: the european champions league beaten. liveable lose their opening game of this season's champions league. and will tell you why england cricketer ben stokes has told a british newspaper "utterly disgusting" for publishing a story about a family tragedy. welcome to the programme. thank you for joining welcome to the programme. thank you forjoining us. liverpool start the defence of their trophy with a defeat after being beaten at napoli. in stoppage time, a capitalisation from a rare mistake from virgil van dyck to double the lead. liverpool are first holders to lose the opening game since ac milan 35 years ago. when it felt like all was lost for us and liverpool were all lost, that was when the whole team stayed focused and kept offending. then, the two goals came from peculiar the situations but we played a very, very complete match. i'm very happy for that. it was a game where you - where you can win at napoli, but we didn't score, it doesn't really work

hello, i'm gavin ramjaun — and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.e: australia go to work on england's batsmen — but the home side rally, in the final ashes test. the solheim cup is due to get underway — we'll have the pairings for friday's foursomes at gleneagles. and the comeback — former world number one kim clijsters announces her return to tennis at the age of 36. welcome to the programme. australia's mitchell marsh made an immediate impact on his introduction to the ashes, taking four england wickets on the first day of the final ashes test. the tourists are searching for their first series win, on english soil, since 2001 but england are digging in. jos buttler saving their blushes with a half century. 0ur sports correspondentjoe wilson was watching the action, from the oval in london. a full day of test match cricket here at the oval and as we approach mid—september, we should be thankful for that fact alone. for much of the day, a story of catches, dropped ones. australia missed three opportunities to get rid ofjoe root before he reached 50

hello, i'm gavin ramjaun and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.iants of basketball are taken down. team usa's 58—match unbeaten run comes to an end, at the world cup. paying the price. jason roy is among the england names to lose their place for the final ashes test. and keeping up with the kordas. we check in with the sporting dynasty, hoping to win the solheim cup on european soil. welcome to the programme. we start with a big shock at the basketball world cup, where the defending champions the united states have been knocked out in the quarterfinals. the last time they lost an international match was back in 2006, but a battling performance from france means that long, unbeaten run comes to a dramatic end in china. austin halewood has the story. when it comes to basketball, usa are the best of the best. they won their last if their international matches, but on wednesday in china, the world expected more of the same. they hadn't planned on going down without a fight hadn't planned on going down without afight —— hadn't planned on going down wit

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.asis over the next few days is for things to turn a little warmer and, with that, for the vast majority, it will be dry. high pressure firmly in charge at the moment, centred right on top of the british isles for thursday morning. one or two pot patches underneath this high, with light winds and one frontal system bringing some extra cloud and the odd spot of rain in the far north of scotland. and that's where we'll have the mildest weather through the first part of the morning. further south, one or two spots down around to all four degrees in the countryside. but acroos england and wales, we will see plenty of sunshine, once any early fog patches have cleared from the likes of north—west england. some early fog across parts of northern ireland but, again, some sunshine to come here. where we start off cloudy in scotland, that cloud should break to give some spells of sunshine. there could be some areas of cloud there and lapping into east anglia and the southeast through the afternoo

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello once again.quiet face towards us just at the moment. sometimes it can be stormy. well, we're seeing that quiet spell of weather certainly dominating for the next few days. dry by day and cool, as befits the season, overnight. that's the way the pressure chart is shaping up for tuesday — high pressure very much the dominant feature. quite a number of isobars you'll notice as we get on into tuesday. thejetstream is coming up and around the atlantic high and sweeping down into the heart of continental europe, offering some more unsettled fare there and certainly colder conditions as well than we're enjoying here in the british isles. a coolish sort of start to the day, but come the afternoon, plenty of sunshine around. the temperatures again, the midteens or so up to about 20 degrees. just tempering the sunshine late on in the day as we bring a warm front in from the atlantic. it'll still be there as we move from tuesday on into wednesday. enough cloud associated with that for there to be the odd bi

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.hining of starts to the new week. it was cloudy, it was pretty wet for many of us and also it felt on the chilly side. today we flip the coin. it's much drier, it should be much brighter and also consequently will also feel warmer. this area of low pressure is the area responsible for the wet weather yesterday, that's off into the continent. today, we have a little ridge of high pressure. we start with quite a bit of cloud around, perhaps mist and fog, could be a problem for the early rush—hour in the midlands but that will lift for sunshine in the afternoon. however, you don't need to look too closely to observe there is a significant change in northrthern ireland by the end of the afternoon. this weather front is part of an area of low pressure that is actually ex—hurricane dorian. it's nowhere near hurricane strength as it makes its way to the uk, let's be clear about that, but it will be a windy night as the low pressure goes across and weather fronts will go southwards, rain aroun

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.ence, so a mixture of conditions — a bit of sunshine, some cloud, generally temperatures around the seasonal average or a little bit below. and in fact, wednesday looks like one of those days where the temperatures will be below average, and it'll be windy, as well, so that'll make it feel even cooler. and the reason is because we've got this area of low pressure moving down from the north—west, around our area of high pressure. two weather fronts on it, one bringing rain in the south—east, this next one bringing plenty of showers to scotland and northern ireland through the day. but that rain should clear away from the south—east through the morning. skies will brighten up, but the winds will pick up from a north—westerly, bringing plenty of showers. in the northern half of the country, some of these could be quite heavy, and those wind gusts, 30, 40, maybe 50 mph, could even be stronger in exposure. so it'll feel cooler — 10—13 degrees in the north, 17—19 across the south—east. as we

hello, and thanks for joining us on sport today.re going to kick things off in japan, where wales got their rugby world cup campaign under way with a 15—14 win over georgia earlier. warren gatland's side scored six tries ensuring a bonus point by half—time, but did struggle in a scrappy second half in toyota. katie gornall was there for us. wales have their world cup off to their perfect start here in toyota against joy their perfect start here in toyota againstjoy loads are —— georgia. scoring four tries and wrapping up that bonus point before the break, but for a team that prides itself on its defence, i think there be disappointed they gave two tries in the first time. although they managed to control back and put some gloss on the scoreline. i think warren gatland will be very satisfied with the outcome here. it has been a difficult week for wales, they were rocked news that warren gatland was ‘s right—hand man had been forced to return home over alleged betting irregularities on by. alleged betting irregularities on rugby. that

but from me, gavin ramjaun, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.ropical weather systems have been in charge of our weather. first we had the leftovers of what was hurricane dorian passing to the north of the uk. we saw outbreaks of rain and brisk winds and during thursday, it was ex—tropical storm gabriel. not much left of it. just a stripe of cloud and as a cold front moves away from the south on friday, high pressure builds in behind. we will be left with a lot of fine weather, good spells of sunshine but a significantly fresher feel. humid air that has been associated with that ex—tropical storm being pushed up to the continent. we start off with cloud in the channel islands and a bit of rain but that will clear quite quickly and then a lot of sunshine and dry for the majority. it will be windy in scotland but further south, the winds light. however, in the fresher air, temperatures a bit lower. top temperatures of 20—21 degrees for plymouth, cardiff, london, more like 17 in aberdeen. through friday night, temperatures will dip away. particularl

keep an eye out for sports today inserts in the bulletins.t time, it is by for now. —— goodbye. good morning. we really are experiencing all flavours of autumn this week. it was rather cool and disappointing on monday, wasn't it? but tuesday made up for it. some lovely spells of sunshine for most of us — as you can see by this beautiful weather watcher picture sent in from leeds. however, today it's again a different story. we are seeing some wet and windy weather arriving, so some rain at times today and a noticeable blustery wind. and that's because of the remnants of ex—hurricane dorian. an area of low pressure that's been arriving over the last few hours bringing some wet and windy weather into scotland and northern ireland. and we've got these weather fronts straddled across the country first thing in the morning. not producing that much in the way of rain, but some patchy light rain across parts of east anglia and the south—east to start with. 0vercast skies and some rain into north wales and north—west england. but already, behind it,

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.her panning out across the british isles for the next few days. wednesday was a slow start across southern parts. and in fact, that same weather front links back to another area of cloud and rain in the heart of the atlantic. that's an area of low pressure that started life way down across the mid—atlantic, so it's bringing mild, moisture—laden air across the british isles and feeling really quite humid. to the south of the weather front, in the heart of that system, the cloud at its thickest so rain from the word go for parts of northern ireland, getting into scotland, eventually across the border into the far north of england. following on behind, somewhat brightest skies to the south of that weather front, quite a bit of cloud around, for sure, and some of it, really quite low in the atmosphere across the south—west on what is going to be quite a blustery day. but those mild, moist air are coming in from the south—west, not a cold direction by any means at all. and you'll find tempe

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. good morning.ry. this week it's been very different, hasn't it? on monday, we saw some heavy rain, some areas seeing a months worth of rain injust a 24—hour period. through the middle part of the week it's quietened down a little, sunny spells and scattered showers. but there's more wet and windy weather to come through this weekend. here it is sitting out in the atlantic. and it's going to continue to push its way across the seas towards us for the second half of the weekend. ahead of it, circulating around, an area of low pressure, a scattering of showers. some of those quite heavy, possibly thundery, and some of them, as we go through the day today, merging together longer spells of rain. blustery winds, particularly through the south—west, driving those showers inland. there'll be some heavy ones through wales, north—west england, and northern ireland as well. the best of the drier, sunnier slot perhaps reserved for scotland. temperatures a little subdued in comparison to of late. we're seeing

from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.d to lift and clear fairly quickly and then we'll see a lot of sunshine and some real warmth as well. high pressure is centred just about here. you can see the winds rotating around it in a clockwise direction. the high pressure keeping the rain—bearing cloud at bay for the time being out in the atlantic. one or two fog patches across southern scotland, northern england could be the odd dense patch of fog, some potentially for northern ireland as well but as we go through the day, any fog will lift and we will see patches of cloud drifting northwards but a lot of sunshine across most parts of the uk and temperatures widely between 19 and 22 degrees. but with the south or south—easterly winds blowing across the uk, the favoured spot for high temperatures will actually be the north of scotland, particularly when you get some shelter to the north of high ground. could well see 23 or 2a degrees. now, as we go through friday night, it's going to stay dry. there will be long, clear spells ov

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.s coming our way over the next few days, with some fairly strong wind around at times as well. now, looking at the satellite picture, we've got some shower clouds heading our way for today. this area of cloud, just to the north, is going to be bringing some rain across parts of the uk on friday, and then as i spin right the way across towards the other side of the atlantic, well, we've got this juicy looking cloud, quite a deep area of low pressure that's going be bringing some wet and windy weather for some of us as we head into this weekend. so rain will continue to be blown our way. now at the moment we've got some rain crossing the country. it will tend ease across the west with showers following. the winds continue to pick up as well. so it's becoming increasingly blustery, particularly around the coast and hills. it's a mild start of the day, with temperatures around 11—15 degrees. once the sun is up, the rain still with us initially, will clear away from england and scotland, in

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.g up on this programme: to the rugby world cup, where the hosts japan will be celebrating long into the night after beating irealnd19—12 in shizuoka. the irish came into the world cup as the number one side in the world. their coachjoe schmidt congratulated the japanese for "furious and intense performance". our sports correspondent andy swiss was at the match. a memorable night for the fans here. four years ago it was south africa, now it was ireland on the end of another remarkable giant—killing. ireland seem to have taken control in the first half, they scored two early tries, the first from garry ringrose as he collected a fine kick and then set up the second try for rob carney. ireland seemed in control, they were 12—3 out. japan upped the tempo. they came back before the break, three penalties meant ireland led only 12—9 at half—time. that much a fan had all the momentum and then with 20 minutes to go japan the momentum and then with 20 minutes to gojapan scored the try that sent

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more details in sport today.d violence on the streets of hong kong shows no sign of stopping. the protests are now in their 14th straight week, and have continued despite hong kong's leadership finally meeting one of the protesters‘ key demands. on sunday, thousands marched peacefully on the us consulate in an effort to drum up support from washington. but there was violence within hours, with activists throwing rocks, smashing windows, starting street fires, and vandalising a metro station. so should washington get involved? anson chan is the former chief secretary of hong kong. america has a genuine stake in hong kong. it has substantial investments and it has its nationals living in hong kong. we have a special relationship with the americans on the basis of the hong kong policy act, that was passed by the us congress in 1992, i believe. and on this basis, america gives hong kong favoured treatment, because we are supposed to have a system that is entirely different from that in the mainland. but clearly that

and yang is also talking about another sport today, dana, football. why the dnc scheduled tonight's debate at the same time as a thursday night nfl football game? he points out also on twitter that nfl fans vote as well. >> dana: lots of sports. thank you so much, peter. joining me for more on tonight's debate is juan williams and jesse waters, host of waters world at 8 p.m. eastern every saturday night on fox. lots of sports there. also another sport, ed repb tkel, former dnc chairman. he said today about elizabeth warren, not for it, right? said the senator appears to get the political up side from assuring donations from higher level donors while at the same time using money from those donors in 2018. he's on the biden team. basically, he's saying elizabeth warren likes to talk about this being a grass roots kind of person, but she got a ton of corporate donations the first time around and that's how she's able to fund this campaign. >> i imagine that will be a theme tonight. if you see biden going on offense, back to sports, he will be going at el

our sports correspondentjoe wilson was watching at the oval. todayhe innings and the start of their second innings, we saw ten australia wickets, six of them to archer who was at his best here today, with a ccu ra cy was at his best here today, with accuracy and stamina, in the afternoon it was a particular highlight weaving eventually falling at 78. chief wickets, david warner fallen for five at 78. chief wickets, david warner fallen forfive in at 78. chief wickets, david warner fallen for five in the context of the series and the context of steve smith series. england getting up to 18, seemed like a real victory, i was taken by chris who is making rare mistakes and the kind of dismissal england had hoped to take in smith, so many times, so much earlier in the series. also the impact of sam making his way to the debut, on his left arm swinging fast medium bowling and certainly had an impression, he thought he would run out. england's opening survived the tricky spell and they will be back on saturday morning and england will hope to end their long s

let's take a look at some of the other sports stories today.e first day of the pga championship at wentworth. wallace finished seven under par, a shot clear of henrik stenson and paul casey. justin rose is a shot back. rory mcilroy‘s back at four over par. britain's frazer clarke was stripped of a semifinal place at the world boxing championships. the super—heavyweight won against maksim babanin, in ekaterinburg. but his russian opponent lodged an appeal. and the result was overturned. and former newcastle united and england forward peter beardsley has been suspended from all football—related activity for 32 weeks. an independent paneljudged he made racist comments to players as newcastle under—23 team coach. beardsley said he was "surprised and disappointed" by the findings. britain's triple speedway world champion, tai woffinden, is hoping to become the first home rider in 12 years, to win the british grand prix this weekend. the sport's 16 elite riders, will race at the principality stadium in cardiff on saturday. woffinden, who holds the tr

let's take a look at some of the other sports stories around today.eal with chelsea believed to be worth more than £120,000 a week. hudson—0doi handed in a transfer request last january after chelsea rejected a 35 million bid from bayern munich, but his future now seems to be settled at stamford bridge castleford have ended warrington‘s super league season with a hard—fought elimination final victory against the challenge cup holders at the halliwell jones stadium. castleford's jordan rankin scored his 10th super league try of the season. englishman matt wallace currently leads the way on the first day of the pga championship at wentworth. wallace finished seven under par, a shot clear of henrik stenson. justin rose is a shot further back. but rory mcilroy‘s well down the leaderboard at the moment, on four over par. britain's frazer clarke was stripped of a semi—final place at the world boxing championships. the super—heavyweight won against maxsim babanin. but his russian opponent lodged an appeal and the result was overturned. workers in qatar conti

i think he always gets rewarded with the work that you put let's take a look at some other sports stories todayres the largest number of premier league players in a decade. there are 21 in total, with seven playing for liverpool. full—backs andy robertson and trent alexander—arnold are both on that list. the final team will be revealed later this month. rhys patchell will start for wales, in theirfinal warm up match before the rugby world cup against ireland on saturday. the scarletts man will start at fly half in dublin and partner tomos williams at half—back. captain and lock alun wynjones is among those who return. and c] ujah has pulled out of the british squad for the world athletics championships in doha later this month. the 25—year—old sprinter helped the 4 by 100m relay team to gold two years ago, but misses out this time around with a back injury. he's replaced in the sqaud by harry aikines—aryeetey. casey posted a 66, including seven birdies, despite strong went on the course. he leads by a shot. now — the golf stars of the future will converge on royal liverpool golf club this weeke