now on bbc news, sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.ter five years in charge, tottenham part company with mauricio pochettino. semi—finalists in 2016, wales book their place at euro 2020 after beating hungary. and canada win again to become the first country through to the quarter—finals of the davis cup. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. tottenham have sacked mauricio pochettino after five years in charge at the premier league club. he was appointed in may 2014 and led spurs to the champions league final last season. but they have made a disappointing start to this campaign, and are currently 14th in the league, 20 points behind the leaders, liverpool. jose mourinho is the favourite to takeover. patrick gearey reports. totte n ha m tottenha m fa ns have tottenham fans have long said that mauricio pochettino is magic. very few expected this disappearing act. the manager considered the best of their recent history, sacks less than half a year after taking them to their first—ever champions league final. ina to their first—e

hello, i'm gavin ramjaun and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.hampions league thriller at stamford bridge. eight goals they share with ajax. saracens in the dock. the european rugby champions plan to appeal a points deduction, which threatens to scupper their season. and the world champions arrive home. south africa receive a hero's welcome, after their rugby world cup triumph injapan. hello and welcome to the programme. the european champions league delivers again, with a feast of goals, drama, and entertainment. the pick of the ties on tuesday of match day four — chelsea against ajax. it was an incredible match at stamford bridge. chelsea staging a comeback to level it four all — while the visiting side were reduced to nine men. an eventful game, as our football reporterjohn bennett explains. this game had everything, two red cards, va are decisions going against the home team, changing the atmosphere on the ground, and eight goals as well. what a comeback by chelsea. they are very unlucky to find themselves 4— wandown. ajax did not play

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.rom 2—0 down, tottenham win jose mourinho's first champions league game in charge and qualify for the knockout stages. russia's told they'll be able to compete at euro 2020, even if a four—year ban from sporting events comes into effect. and after a year where he nearly retired and then came back, we hearfrom former world number one andy murray about his new documentary. welcome to the programme. we start with football, and three more teams have qualified for the knockout phase of the european champions league. 13—time winners real madrid and the english champions manchester city are through. more on them coming up. but so are last season's beaten finalists tottenham hotspur. it was jose mourinho's first home game in charge — and it didn't look good for spurs when olympiacos went 2—0 up, with goals from youssef el arabi and ruben semedo. but tottenham turned it round with goals either side of the break from dele alli and harry kane.

hello, and thanks for joining us on sport today. successful formula 1 driver of all time after winning his sixth world title on sunday. the brit finished runner up at the us grand prix, which was enough to secure the drivers championship and draw himself to within one title of all—time record—holder michael schumacher. joe wilson has more. everything in his view could be chaos. it didn't matter, all lewis hamilton had to see was the end of this grand prix. to win the title he didn't need to win, eighth place would do but look at the silver car overtaking. always racing.

now on bbc news: sport today. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.sek pospisil stuns italy's fabio fognini. russia bp holders croatia 3—0. denmark hold on in ireland to seal their qualification for the european championship finals. and despite missing out on the rugby world cup title, england head coach eddiejones speaks to us about why he believes his side can still dominate the sport. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. it's being called the world cup of tennis, with 18 countries involved. the davis cup finals have got underway in spain with a brand new format. more on that in a moment, but there's already been a big upset with italian world number 12 fabio fognini beaten by canada's vasek pospisil, who's ranked 150th in the world after recovering from back surgery. korin kashanov one his match against coric, making it a 3—0 victory. canada pulled off a big shock by beating

hello, i'm gavin ramjaun and this is sport today from the bbc sport centre. could face another spell in sporting wilderness, as anti—doping bosses back a ban on their athletes for major events. england investigate after their fast bowler, jofra archers, says he heard racial abuse, in their defeat to new zealand. and "the booing of bale has to stop" — tha's the call from real‘s manager to the fans, after the welshman‘s controversial flag stunt. we start with the news that wada, the world anti—doping agency, will recommend that russia be banned from all sports for four years. the wada committee investigating russia's violation of doping rules, have concluded the country should be punished for an alleged manipulaton of a database of test results. if the wada board agrees with the recommendations, then clean russian athletes could be forced to compete in neutral uniforms at next year's tokyo 0lympics, just as they did in rio. but the sanctions could affect other sports too. here are the main recommendations made by the wada committee: a four—year ban from all spo

now on bbc news, sport today: hello, and thanks for your company on sport today.ifference between liverpool and manchester city after the reds won 3—1 in the premier league. 16 years — that's how long france have had to wait to win the fed cup. that wait is now over. from fed cup to fed up — roger federer loses his opening match at the atp finals in london. welcome along. we'll start in the premier league, where it might only be november, but already manchester city boss pep guardiola admits he's not sure if they can catch liverpool. it's after the european champions beat city 3—1 at anfield to extend their lead at the top of the premier league to eight points. as you might expect in a meeting of the two forces in english football over the last couple of years, it was a game full of talking points. fabinho gave liverpool an early lead, but only after trent alexander arnold was adjudged not to have handled the ball in his own area. it incensed guardiola and many of the city players, whose mood wasn't helped by mo salah and sadio mane making it 3 for liverpool befor

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.gramme: promising to bring passion and happiness — jose mourinho begins life as tottenham's new manager. rafa nadal wins as spain knock out the holders croatia, to reach the quarter finals of the davis cup. and back on the same side— we hear from south africa's world cup winner, faf de klerk, and england's tom curry as they return to club duties. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. he's been the special one, the successful one, now he's the spurs one. jose mourinho is back in the premier league, 11 months after leaving manchester united. he replaces mauricio pochettino, who was sacked just over 24 hours ago by tottenham. he brings trophies, but often trouble too. for almost a year, jose mourinho has been on the sidelines, but now, in a move that surprised many, one of football's most divisive figures is back. tottenham hotspur today unveiling the portuguese coach as their new manager.

now on bbc news, sport today. is all hello, i'm gavin ramjaun and this is sport today, from the bbc sportern munich maintain their perfect champions league record this season, with robert lewandowski scoring again — to qualify for the knockout stages. they‘ re joined by juventus — who produce a late late show against lokomotiv, tojoin the last 16. and calling time on her career. nicola adams — a double olympic champion — retires from boxing at the age of 37. hello and welcome to the programme. european giants bayern munich and juventus have sealed their places in the knockout phase, of this season's champions league. bayern, who sacked manager niko kovac this week — continued their perfect form in europe, by beating olympiakos... butjuventus needed a stoppage winner in russia. our football reporterjohn bennett explains how bayern managed to keep their momentum, despite starting slowly. to be honest, they were a bit flat, certainly in the first half but robert lewandoski never let them down. he gave them the lead on 68

welcome to sport today, we're live from the bbc sport centre. in their i,000th game as they qualify for the euro 2020 finals. roger's revenge — federer‘s flying as he beats novak djokovic to reach the semis of the atp finals in london. and 10 years on from the attack on the sri lankan team bus in lahore, test cricket is returning to pakistan. welcome to the programme. thanks for joining us. we start with football — and four more teams have qualified for next year's european championship finals, and they include england, who'll be hosting the semifinals and the final. harry kane scored a hat—trick as england thrashed montenegro 7—0 at wembley to seal their place in the finals. alex oxlade—chamberlain opened the scoring after only 11 minutes with his first goal for england for two years. marcus rashford and tammy abraham were also among the scorers as england marked their i,000th international with a comprehensive victory. you know, it's been a

hello, and thanks for joining us on sport today. lewis hamilton has become the second most successful formula 1 driver of all time after winning his sixth world title on sunday. the brit finished runner up at the us grand prix, which was enough to secure the drivers championship and draw himself to within one title of all—time record—holder michael schumacher. joe wilson has more. everything in his view could be chaos. it didn't matter, all lewis hamilton had to see was the end of this grand prix. to win the title he didn't need to win, eighth place would do but look at the silver car overtaking. always racing. sebastian vettel was soon out and he didn't wait for the ferrari mechanics. he had his own diagnosis. i think that the suspensionjust failed. something broke. hundreds work in a team, but all for the driver. eventually bottas passed him safely. second place for hamilton meant he was champion again. through the mask we could just imagine his emotion. then hamilton was back, safe on the summit. he never left it. on the all—time

now on bbc news: sport today. hello. you're watching sport today with me, ben croucher. ng: perfect ‘thieming'! dominic thiem beats novak djokovic to guarantee a semifinal spot at the world tour finals. roger federer grabs his first win by beating italy's matteo berrettini and makes his final group game very interesting. and we'll show you how italy's assunta legnante won a second gold at the world para athletics championships. welcome along, wherever you're tuned in around the world. who predicted this, then? a group containing novak djokovic and roger federer and after playing both of them — it's dominic thiem who's already through to the last four at the world tour finals in london. he followed up sunday's win over federer with a dramatic win over djokovic in the last few hours. paul frostick reports. this was the day that austrian dominic thiem would now prove he is a top layer on all surfaces. not many can take novak djokovic all the way, and in a dramatic first is that, it looked as though this would play out as standard,

but from me, gavin ramjaun, and the rest of the sport today hello there. side, certainly temperatures a few degrees down on where they should be for the time of year. we've been seeing this colder air move southwards in the last 2a hours across the country, and it's going to stick around for the rest of the week, and there will be some pretty wet weather around, especially on thursday. the early part of wednesday looks mainly dry. a few showers peppering northern and eastern coasts, and some showers around irish sea coasts. but further inland, under clear skies, it's going to be a chilly one. temperatures close to freezing in the south and below freezing in the north, so there will be some frost. a little bit of mist and fog around to greet us for wednesday morning. that said, there should be plenty of sunshine across central, northern and eastern areas. but this area of showers around the irish sea will push slowly eastwards, merge together to produce longer spells of rain. could be a little bit of wintriness over the higher ground in the north. a dry slo

and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.the final team to seal their place in next month's fifa club world cup. glory for spain in the davis cup in madrid, as rafael nadal seals their 6th title. and jon rahm is europe's top golfer, clinching the season—ending tour championship in dubai. hello, and welcome to the programme. saudi arabian side al hilal are the asian club champions for a record—equalling third time. they beating japan's urawa red diamonds 2—0 in the second leg of the champions league final for a 3—0 aggregate victory. craig templeton reports. 0ptimism was high among the travelling fans, but they are one goal lead heading into the second leg was a slender one. their opponents, temp one mac —— urawa red diamonds, beat them in a final two yea rs diamonds, beat them in a final two years ago. now diamonds, beat them in a final two years ago. now was diamonds, beat them in a final two years ago. now was the time for revenge. the match did not spike into life until the second half, with a sweeping al—hilal move, sebas

now on bbc news: sport today.ort centre. coming up on this programme: ten months on from the death of emiliano sala — cardiff are facing a ban on signing new players unless they start to pay his transfer fee. and history for lebanon in the asian football confederations cup. al—ahed bring home the country's first tournament victory. and we assess where lewis hamilton stands amongst the greatest racing drivers of all time. welcome. let's start with football first. cardiff city, who were relegated from the english premier league last season — could be banned from making transfers until the summer of 2021. that's if they don't pay french ligue un side, nantes, the first installment of the $20 million transfer fee, for striker emiliano sala. the argentina striker was killed in a plane crash injanuary before making his debut. the bbc‘s nicola smith is at cardiff city — and explains fifa's reasoning behind the potential punishment. it was

now on bbc news, sport today.this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: a 5—star showing from sevilla in the europa league — as they cruise into the next round. dollar bills for sonny! the all black switches codes, to rugby league on the biggest contract in the sport's history. and a solid start forjustin rose as he bids to win a third turkish open in a row. we start with football. sevilla are through to the knockout stages of the europa league. the spanish side — aiming to win the trophy for a record—extending 6th time — cruised into the last 32 with a comfortable victory in luxembourg. munas dabbur opened the scoring after only 7 minutes against dudelange — the first of two goals on the night for the israeli international. munir el haddadi went one better, by scoring a hat—trick as sevilla won 5—2 to become the only side, in the competition, to make it four wins out of four in the group stage.

sport today is coming up next. this is bbc news.ur: defying beijing, president donald trump signs into law congressional legislation backing protesters in hong kong. malta's government in crisis. an investigation into the murder of a prominentjournalist leads to protests and a string of resignations. nine out of ten of the managers who run council services for older nine out of ten of the managers and disabled people say they fear that the care system in england will not be able to cope over the winter. our social affairs correspondent alison holt has been to meet a woman in her 40s for whom the care system is a lifeline. have you got my water bottle there? thank you. nina is a7, and has multiple sclerosis. she knows all too well the pressures on the care system in england that are reflected in today's survey. she has onlyjust moved into this specially adapted flat, where she gets the help she needs. thanks, tracy. but, in the summer, she was living in a small room in a nursing home for elderly people. she spent ten months there bec

hello, i'm gavin ramjaun — and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.down back in washington after making history with a first—ever world series win. a blow for golden state warriors. their star man steph curry faces a spell on the sidelines, with a broken hand. and wins for barty and bencic as they move into the last four at the wta tour finals in china. the washington nationals have made a triumphant return home after winning the world series, for the first time in their history. this was a team, remember, that lost 31 of their first 50 matches of the season — and there were calls for the coach to step down. this was a team, remember, that lost 31 of their first 50 matches of the season — and there were calls for the coach but the nationals‘ astonishing change of fortune culminated in winning 6—2 at the houston astros, in the world series decider on wednesday night. for the first time in the history of "the fall classic", the visiting team won all 7 games. the bbc‘s tulsen tollett was there as the nationals made history. there it is! their washington

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. come true: stefanos tsitispas wins the atp finals to become the youngest season ending winner in 18 years. a 99th international goal for cristiano ronaldo as portugal qualify for euro 2020. and max verstappen wins as the ferraris collide on a day of drama at the brazilian grand prix. welcome to the programme. thanks forjoining us. he beat roger federer in the semifinals. now, greece's stefanos tsitsipas has completed what he calls a roller—coaster week in london after winning the atp finals on his debut at the event. the 21—year—old from greece had to come from a set down to beat dominic thiem in sunday's final, making him the youngest winner of a season—ending event since 2001. imran sidat reports. it's a final that not many would have predicted at the start of the week. but it has been a tournament which has seen the next generation finally come of age. for dominic thiem and stefanos tsitsipas, it was the opportunity to win the biggest title of their careers,

but from me — and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.orld. order! bellowing. .. behave yourself! colourful... i couldn't give a flying flamingo what your view is! unforgettable. leave the chamber, get out, we'll manage without you! asjohn bercow leaves the speaker's chair after a decade, the tributes are piling up. you have been a remarkable speaker of this house. the highest duty that the speaker of the house of commons is to be the champion of our house and its members and to defend our right to freedom of speech in defence of our constituents and, mr speaker, you have done this. at 18, he had a rhetorical flourish and a crowdpleasing line.|j rhetorical flourish and a crowdpleasing line. i would suggest that the reason she sought to join the european parliament was precisely the same. an mp from 1997, he has reformed the speakership to ditching the quick traditional court dress, powering back dentures to he ove rca m e dress, powering back dentures to he overcame allegations of bullying, questions about expenses and a sticker on the ca

but from me chetan pathak and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.oking a little mixed. well, you know, is looking a little mixed. there's bound to be some rain in the forecast. of course, there is. it won't be raining all the time. a bit of brightness thrown in there as well but on the whole, you know, it's autumn, it's what we'd expect to see this time of the year. and there is inded a lot of cloud on the satellite picture. one weather system here, another one sitting on top of us is actually an area of low pressure that's over the uk right now. shrouding our skies. low grey skies with drizzle, mist and mirk, particularly across south of the country and central areas. the early hours of friday, showers, affecting the south coast, maybe wales as well. here a little bit milder. 6—8d in the south. cold and clearer in western and central scotland, maybe two or 3 degrees. showers in the south of the country, in the south—west, some spots of rain for central and southern scotland on friday. the real rain arrives in wales and the south west of england, ma

and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.ere was 75mm of rain by the end of the day in sheffield and many areas have seen flooding problems and quite a lot of travel disruption too. we still have numerous flood warnings and severe flood warnings in force as well. although the worst of the rain will be easing away, river levels will be lagging behind the main rainfall, so still a lot of flooding problems through friday morning. now, the overnight rain has slowly been shifting a little bit further south, but an amber warning was issued from the met office for up to 100mm of rain across parts of south and west yorkshire, derbyshire, and greater manchester too. as we head through friday morning, we've still got that rain band with us, it becomes fairly light and patchy and as we head through the day, it will be confined to eastern parts of england. it's cold, quite a frosty start for many of us to friday, we've also got a few wintry flurries across the highest parts of highland scotland. by the afternoon, lots of sunshine develop

but from me — ben croucher — and the rest of the sport today team, we'll see you soon.in recent weeks, it looks as though wednesday for much of the british isles is going to start at least on a drier, brighter, colder note. although there's no disguising the fact there is in fact another set of fronts to bring some rain to western areas later in the day. but it's a cold, crisp start — a frosty one for many parts of the british isles. a run of showers over the north sea through south—west scotland to the north—west of england. but as you see, even on into the afternoon, many central and eastern areas will end up with a dry, sunny but not overly warm day. now, temperatures down into single figures. where we will see a significant change to the afternoon is rain getting into northern ireland, wales and the south—west of england. and just be advised that in the more intense burst over the moors to the south—west, and the brecon beacons you could well end up with a covering of snow. here we are on into thursday, that same band of weather still producing an awful lot of rain

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.the uk, so through the afternoon in scotland, we had skies like these — a bit of sunshine coming through. that was one of our weather watch pictures from around about the fort william area in the highlands. the sunnier skies were associated with the colder air, and that colder air is pushing southwards. and so it is going to bring a change in our weather, a change to drier weather, with more sunshine to go around. but cold by day and by night, with some sharp overnight frosts just around the corner. indeed, for those of you getting up early on friday, we're looking at a cold start to the day, a risk of a few icy stretches as rain clears and temperatures drop away. showers continue to affect northern and eastern scotland, and some of our eastern coastal counties of england. but across inland areas, particularly for the northern half of the uk, it's a cold start to the day, with a touch of frost outside. now, through friday morning, there will be plenty of sunshine for the vast majority

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.ext few days will be very welcome across much of the country, particularly for england and wales which has seen so much rainfall over the past few weeks. this morning we're starting off on a cold, frosty note with some fog around. some of it could be quite dense. it looks like it will stay sunny for many areas through the day. a ridge of high—pressure bringing these fine, settled conditions. this weather front pushing into western areas means that temperatures will be starting on such a cold note, as they will be further north and east. perhaps —9 or —10 degrees in one or two spots in scotland and around —5, —6 for northern england, so a bitterly cold start of the day with a hard frost across the country. dense fog patches through the midlands into southern england, wales, could cause some issues through the morning. they'll tend to lift into low cloud, perhaps drift northwards into parts of lincolnshire and yorkshire, spoiling the sunshine a little bit here. for most it will be cold a

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.by the end of this week, but before then we have got more mild weather, more cloud, and some further rain and perhaps in some parts, strong to galeforce winds, with the worst of the weather through tuesday and wednesday expected across england and wales. the reason for the wet and windy weather, another area of low pressure, this one contains remnants of ex—tropical storm sebastian and that is going to stick around for the next couple of days. ahead of that, we have still got mild conditions by the morning, a lot of cloud, some further pockets of rain and drizzle but the wetter weather and windier weather will be toward the south—west, where the winds are up picking up in the morning. gusts of 40mph or perhaps 50mph. that will push that rain band northward throughout the day, could be quite heavy at times, push its way northwards across england and wales into northern ireland and the central belt of scotland, some patchy rain and stronger winds for northern scotland. behind the rain ba

we‘ll see you next time on sport today. don‘t be fooled by sunday‘s sunshine.t stream‘s looking this week. it‘s taking aim at the uk. it‘s on a more southerly track than it might be at this time of year, nestled within these dips, we find areas of low pressure bringing wet weather, and the uk is staying on the northern side of the jet stream, and that means in the cold air. a chilly week to come. so this is what we can expect this week from this weather pattern. i am afraid low pressure will be around with further rain at times, cold enough for some hill snow. it will often be windy, low pressure, temperatures below average and frost occasionally overnight. and this is how we‘re starting the day. a wintry start to the day across northern parts of scotland. we‘ve seen wet weather throughout the night, the bulk of that clearing away. it has delivered some snow to relatively modest hills north of the central belt in scotland, so could be quite tricky over some of the higher roads first thing. the bulk of the wet weather just clearing away from eastern parts of eng

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.nshine, but some cold mornings on the way as well. that said, we've still got a legacy of cloudy weather for east anglia and south—east england over the next few hours. a few mist and fog patches, a few patches of drizzle. skies clearing further north, we've already seen temperatures fall well, well below freezing and a sharp and widespread frost across the northern half of the country with showers running in across northern scotland here. the added risk of some icy surfaces to take us into monday. but for monday, it's this ridge of high pressure that keeps low pressure at bay to our west and to our east, and that means it should be a fine and dry day for the vast majority of us. now, it might be quite cloudy across the extreme east of england for a time, but for most of us, after that cold and locally frosty start to the day, we're looking at dry and sunny weather. showers for the north—east of scotland, a few running down our north sea coast of england. after that bitterly cold start

hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. i'm ben croucher. coming up. rusty rafa.is after two months out at the tour finals in london. var hasn't pleased everyone in the premier league. we'll hear from the man whose job it is to make it work. and it's a perfect 10 for 0mara durand though — with yet another gold at the para athletics world championships welcome to the programe. world number one rafa nadal admits he simply wasn't good enough after losing his opening match at the end of season world tour finals in london. his 6—2, 6—4 loss to defending champion alexander zverev was his first since a two month layoff — but he refused to blame any physical limitations as zverev brushed him aside in their opening group game. stefanos tsitsipas was also a winner on monday. paul frostick has the best of the action. raphael nadal is the world's number one men's tennis player but the atp final is one where he not reach the summit. no doubt he is one of the best layers of all time but a new breed of talent is on its way through.

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.country, particularly across scotland, far north of england. now, for this morning, it's not going to be quite as cold to start. that's because we've had more of a breeze, and variable amounts of cloud too. there's still a few chilly spots across the north—east of the country, where a few clear spells linger. but further west, we'll have more of a breeze, and these weather fronts bringing thicker cloud, outbreaks of rain affecting parts of south—west england through the day, maybe western wales, along some irish sea coasts, northern ireland, and affecting western scotland at times. there could just be the odd shower, as well, running into the eastern coast of england, perhaps into north—east scotland, but most places will be dry. variable cloud, some spells of sunshine. again, another chilly day to come, maybe not quite as cold across western areas. more cloud here, ten or 11 degrees. now, as we head to wednesday night, it says mainly dry again for much of the country. variable cloud,

but from me — chetan pathak — and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.s how it looks over high ground in staffordshire. for many more it was rain, rain falling on sodden ground so there are a number of flood warnings in force and you can read about those on the bbc weather website. the low pressure is the culprit, it's been spinning around the continent, this particular stripe of cloud here is what brought persistent rain through the midlands, northern england, a little bit of snow for some as well. that particular weather feature is moving westwards and weakening but our area of low is still in charge. there will be more outbreaks of rain pushing from the east towards the west as we go through the next few days. now through the day ahead, expect a lot of cloud across england and wales. some rain at times, much of it quite light and patchy but there could well be some heavier rain pushing into east anglia and the south—east later in the day. the best of the clear spells we found across scotland and northern ireland although in scotland there could be den

other stories making the headlines in sport today.theirfinal two euro qualifiers. he has an ankle problem. the liverpool defender will miss the trip to cyprus— and the home game against kazakhstan next week. wales centrejonathan davies is out for six months. he's had surgery after picking up a knee injury at the rugby world cup. he'll definitely miss the next six nations championship, and fly—half rhys patchell is a doubt for the tournament. he has a serious shoulder injury. dom sibley and zak crawley have impressed the england selectors. ahead of the first test against new zealand next week. both scored centuries, as england reached 285 for one against a kiwi xi. novak djokovic is playing dominic thiem at the atp world tour finals, at london's o2 arena. it's gone to a deciding set in that onein the same group earlier, roger federer recovered from his first match loss — to defeat matteo berretini in straight sets. austin halewood was watching. before a possible early exit, day three of the world tour finals but already a winner takes

sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport.but from me gavin ramjaun — and the rest of the sport todaysk of localised flooding in places and the risk of some travel disruption, all courtesy of this new area of low pressure which is going to park itself across the uk and this very slow—moving front will bring some very wet conditions through central portions of the uk. early on thursday, that rain band will be slowly spreading its way northwards so some places quite wet. blustery showers across the southwest and some showers across scotland which will be wintry over the high ground. a little bit of sunshine around and not quite as cold a start as what we have seen the last few nights because we have cloud around. but through thursday morning, that rain band will almost grind to a halt across parts of north wales, the north midlands, northern england and the rain will be heavy and persistent at times. like i said, producing some localised flooding and travel disruption in places and we'll also have quite a keen east—north—east wind, making it feel pretty raw so not very pleasant conditio

but from me — chetan pathak — and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.nd and the north—east of england, relentless rain. today the picture is going to gradually become drier, but that dryness comes with another change. much colder airflooding in across the uk. this is the low to thank for the wet weather. this front will clear south through the day. eventually the wet weather moving away, but behind it, the wind turns northerly and the cold arctic air sinks its way south into all parts of the uk, in fact, by the end of the week. here we start on thursday still with wet weather across north—eastern england, but also extending into northern ireland, parts of wales, eventually reaching southern england come the afternoon. by then the skies start to clear and things will brighten for the north. but those white arrows surging down are the first signs of the cold air trickling in to the south. in the north, six or seven degrees, but with the effect of the wind it will feel so different. it will look different as well. thankfully we will see the return of some

hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.gramme: no win in seven for arsenal, who lose in the europa league, piling on the pressure on manager unai emery. still hoping — the russian olympic committee say they'll do all they can to compete under their own flag at the tokyo olympics. and lebronjames makes a little boy's night after overtaking michaeljordan in the nba's all—time scoring list. all of that to come, but first we start with the 30th southeast asian games, with the opening ceremony this weekend in the philippines. but the build—up has been mired in controversy, over allegations of spending irregularities, unfinished venues and athletes having to sleep on the floor. our reporter howard johnson is there. so much talk in the build—up about things not being ready in time. however things looking now?

but from me — chetan pathak — and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello, once again.e i saw any meaningful sunshine and there's not a great deal of difference as we lose tuesday and move into wednesday, with that low pressure very much the dominant feature, a number of attendant fronts. so really quite wet conditions right from the word go across parts of eastern england, gradually migrating towards the borders. north of it, this ribbon of cloud and rain stretching from the northern to the western isles, fringing into the north of the great glen and at the same time some blustery showersjust running along the channel coasts. still relatively mild, nine to about 12 degrees or so. on into the evening commute, still a lot of rain to come across eastern scotland to the north—east of england. somewhat brighter skies in south—western scotland. maybe some western fringes of britain. even as far ahead as thursday, it is still that low pressure that's really driving our weather but beginning to cede ground and that's allowing the first signs of a change in our weather type, ce

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello.the early hours of monday morning, the heaviest of the rain across south—west england, wales, into northern ireland. ahead of this, the rain a little patchier, but a lot of cloud, some drizzle further north and east, so it's a murky, misty, mild start to monday morning, but quite wet in places. and these spells of rain will gradually track their way northwards as the day wears on, perhaps not getting as far north as the far north of scotland, but still quite a windy day for shetland, and for all of the uk, it's another mild afternoon, if rather soggy. poor visibility in places as well, but temperatures 9 to 13 celsius on monday afternoon. we'll keep those outbreaks of rain going through the evening. slowly, they'll start to ease away northwards. drier, but cloudy for a time before our next band of rain arrives into the south—west through the early hours of tuesday morning. with it comes some tropical air, so temperatures overnight into tuesday won't drop much lower than 7 or 8 celsius,

hello, i‘m chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.ham boss. novak djokovic helps to take serbia into the quarter finals of the davis cup. and the race to dubai hots up, with a stunning eagle from tommy fleetwood in the first round of the world tour championship thank you forjoining us. jose mourinho says he won‘t make the same mistakes at tottenham as he did at his previous clubs. the man who‘s won 8 league titles in 4 countries, and the champions league twice, replaced mauricio pochettino on wednesday. he‘d been out of work since being sacked by manchester united, last december, and, in his first news conference in charge of spurs, mourinho revealed he‘s been doing some soul—searching. you never lose your dna, you never lose your identity, you are who you are for the good things and bad things but i have time to things about many things.

let's have a look a few other stories making the sports news today...oints after being found guilty of preparing a "poor" pitch for last season's county championship decider against essex. somerset will start next season on minus 12 points, while12 points are suspended for two years. they have 14 days to appeal. hobart hurricanes player emily smith will miss the rest of the woemn‘s big bash, she's been suspended for three months for breaching cricket australia's anti—corruption code — she posted a team line up on social media before it was officially released. australia captain tim paine says england all—rounder ben stokes is using david warner to sell his new book. stokes wrote that warner's sledging inspired his match—winning innings in the third ashes test at headingley. and alex marquez will be joining his older brother marc at the repsol honda team next season, replacing jorge lorenzo, who's retired. alex won this year's moto2 championship, while marc clinched his sixth motogp crown. on to tennis with the new look davis cup under way in madrid. rat

there are so many things going on for us sports standpoint today that these kids can't play. ny budget cuts and budgets, there's been roughly $4 billion in budget cuts over the last number of years in youth sports programs where the kids can play. we started what we call our sports matter foundation because we think sports really matter in a kids life. kid needs a place to go to feel like they belong and so we did a couple years ago we went up to alaska to this girls hockey league that was going to go defunct. these girls were to be able to play hockey any longer. we went to alaska because, for one reason and one reason only, similar to what my father said about you couldn't start the equipment from little league from our store we went to alaska to do this because we have exactly zero stores in alaska. we didn't want anybody to think we were doing this to drive our business. going to show you this video is about four minutes long about these girls in alaska who just love to play hockey and how important that is to them. can we roll the video please? >>. >> hockey and intergala

coverage marking the 20th anniversary of the for the war which divided all aspects of life including sports today a look back at the historic football match off to the floor of the board when fans from the east of the city what is will to go to the west for the 1st time in decades. a pleasure to have any. chinese president xi jinping and his french counterpart in london and the crawl have issued a joint statement reaffirming the strong support for the paris climate accord in beijing president said cooperation between europe and china on reducing emissions would be decisive and it follows the trump administration's move to stop the former is a big drawing the u.s. from the 2015 accord. and the crow have said the accord is. matilda. over the past 2 years in the fight against climate change we have consistently acted together with great effectiveness and commitment to i regret the choices made by a few other countries but i want to see them as marginal choices. when china the european union and russia ratify the paris agreement and make a firm commitment the isolated choice made by one or another co

sports today just $250.00 than the price will go to war over not involving some of the region's highest officials. agreed among all al-jazeera investigations diplomats for sale. try this have a look at the top stories here that is there a protest that has died while trying to storm a 2nd u.n. compound in the democratic republic of congo there's growing anger from civilians about what they see as a lack of protection from dreadfuls the world health organization has evacuated almost 50 staff members from bending. the kenyan government is urging people living in flood prone areas to move to higher ground at least 52 people of died in flooding and landslides in the northwest of the country tens of thousands of others have been affected. by the powerful earthquakes hit albania killing at least 9 people the 6.4 magnitude quake struck north of the capital to rana the author it is a cauldron people to stay out of their her it's. the police in the georgian capital tbilisi have forced protesters to move away from the entrances to parliament people had been trying to block politicians from getting

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sports today just $250.00 than the price will go to war over not involving some of the region's highest officials. agreed among all al-jazeera investigations diplomats to sail. watching out 0 let's recap the top stories right now president all trump assigned to bill's backing on kong's pro-democracy activists american sanctions can now be imposed on chinese non-con the facial stain responsible for human rights abuses the hong kong government calls the legislation unnecessary. police have entered polytechnic university for the 1st time since putting pro-democracy protesters under siege at the campus police say they are searching the grounds to remove makeshift weapons and petrol bombs iraqi protesters have strong new iranian consul in the shot setting it on fire testers play moran for propping up a government they had spent 2 months demonstrating against. the kenyan our government recovery efforts have been stretched beyond their limits by devastating floods and landslides so people have been left to dig into the mud themselves searching for the remains of missing loved ones reports in t

let's bring some of the other sports headlines today.ked off great britain's davis cup finals campaign against the netherlands with a win — which he said he didn't deserve... the former world number one, laboured to beat his opponent in the first of their matches today... gareth bale could be in more hot water at real madrid. he posed with a flag, that read ‘wales, golf, madrid... in that order‘ — during wales' 2—0 win over hungary, which saw them qualify for euro 2020. bale's been criticised in spain, for prioritising international football and golf, over club duties. former england women's manager, mark sampson, has been charged with using racist language by the football association. sampson, who's now caretaker boss of stevenage, had been subject to an fa investigation since september, after an allegation by a former coach at the league two club. and sam karen has been picked for england's test against new zealand. pochettino out, mourinho n. what can we say that the fans, they filling? we both found out. i have been joined by a membe

let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the sports news today...been added to england's test squad for the two—match series against new zealand, as back—up for the injured joe denly. bairstow will stay in new zealand after the five—match t20 series concludes on sunday. the first test starts in fhangarei next tuesday. justin rose hit a hat—trick of birdies as he began his quest for a third straight turkish open title. he picked up three shots in the last three holes to finish the day 5—under—par, two shots off the lead. and sonny bill williams has completed his return to rugby league, after signing for super league newcomers toronto wolfpack. he's won the rugby union world cup twice with new zealand — and this is his third stint in the 13—man game. great britain have their first gold medal of the world para athletics championships — and it was a fourth world title for paul blake. he won the t36 800—metres on day one in dubai, in a season's best time. and he goes again later in the week, in his main event, the 400—metres. next week we'll see the retu

but in sports today cal and stanford tune up for the next big game.ium. kickoff at 1:30 p.m. and the golden bears battle usc at memorial stadium. kickoff at warriors start a fou road trip tomorrow in norms process. last night golden state trying to snap the five-game losing streak against the boston celtics. our sports director larry beil has the highlights. >> good morning, everybody. sadly the warriors are the worst team in the nba. coming in at 2-10. celtics the best. 9-1. meeting last night at chase center. much closer game than you would expect. steph curry on the beach. huge cast on his hand. but the warriors opened up the early 15-point lead. draymond green with the left. and one and flexing. and 11 points 11 boards. but jason tatum, the 17 in the first half 24 on the night if the boston by 1 at the half. would you believe this more injuries for the warriors. deangelo russell gets smacked on the arm. left with a sprained right thumb. erick pacific with the a hand injury. jaylen brown nice move in the third quarter. looked like they are going to

today — promoting the football association's heads up campaign. during the session, he spoke with members of the squad about mental health in sport. me on the european tour today. they relaxed the rules in south africa where temperatures at this week's alfred dunhill championship are expected to reach a high of a0 celsius. england's netballers are also in south africa, their three test series starts tomorrow they last played each other

. >>> in sports today, cal and stanford are tuning up for next we can's big name. martin stadium. kickoff at 1:30 p.m. and the golden bears battle. sc at memorial staumtd. 8:00 p.m. the warriors start -- four-game road trip tomorrow in norms. last night golden state tried to snap a five-game losing streak at chase center against the celtics. our sports director larry beil has the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning, everybody. sadly the warriors are the worst team in the nba coming in at 2-10. celtics, the best, 9-1. met at chase center. closer game than you would expect. steph curry on the bench huge cast on his hand. but the warriors open up the early 15-point lead. draymond green with the left. and one and flexing. 11 points 11 boards. but jason tatum 17 in the first half. 24 on the night. boston by one at the half. would you believe this more injuries for the warriors deangelo russell smacked on the arm. left with a sprained right thumb. erick pasqual with a hand injury. kailun brown nice move. 13 in the quarter boston by 5 after three. not sew

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