through the hero indian super league club, mumbai city fc.nts now believe in indian football. so mumbai city arejoining the manchester city stable that includes melbourne city, new york city, girona, and yokohama. russell osman spoke to me earlier from mumbai, the former ipswich and england defender works as an analyst on coverage of the indian super league. football is big here. it will never be as big as cricket, but the premier league is always on the television here. to be honest, it's actually brilliant that manchester city fc fit that they should take on somebody like mumbai city fc, and promote them as much as they can. it will do wonders for youth football over here, as well, with the access that manchester will give the academy of mumbai city. help with the players, the education, and i can honestly see everyone benefiting ina can honestly see everyone benefiting in a massive waste up what you say that cricket is king in india. but if you go down the street and you spot for in football tops, are there lots of real madrid tops, juvent

and 110w promotion to the super league and now seem poised to be where the profile signings that thebehind him but for him, the incrediblejourney continues. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are helen brand, chief executive of the association of chartered certified accountants and the political commentator & former labour party director of communications, lance price. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the front page of the metro leads with the rapper stormzy, who's calling forjacob rees—mogg to resign over comments he made about the grenfell tower fire. the ft has a story about a row between sajid javid and the cabinet secretary mark sedwill, after the chancellor was barred from releasing analysis showing the pricing of labour pledges. the prime minister launches the conservative party's general election campaign — on the front page of the telegraph. the mirror leads with the pilot of a new dna test for serious health conditions which it's hoped co

the australian striker has signed for chelsea today — a massive coup for the women's super league leadersthat over her time in both the american and australian leagues — she scored a massive 139 goals, breaking records in both. nick parrott has more. fleet of foot and shop of mind, sam kerr is one of the worlds best strikers. can she finish? yes you can. it is 3—1. strikers. can she finish? yes you can. it is 3-1. this is the first hat—trick. she is on her way to england. if you can reproduce that form on these shores, chelsea fans will be in for a treat. i have come here to lift trophies with the club, and there is no denying that i have come to score goals, so hopefully i can keep my goal—scoring record up, and help the team if those trophies. chelsea is one of the biggest clubs in the world, and once i had my mind set on europe, it was an easy decision to choose chelsea. everyone has been watching the growth in england. i think it will be up there as one of the best leagues in the world. kerr is a household name in australia, and with a new tv deal she could become a ratings winner as

let's start with the news this morning that australia striker sam kerr willjoin the women's super leagueed five goals at the world cup and is the all—time leading goal scorer in the leagues in the us and australia. and as signings go, this is right up there. without a doubt, this is probably one of the biggest signings the women's super league has ever seen, second women's super league has ever seen, second only to when manchester city side carli lloyd after scoring a hat—trick. a goal machine, leading all—time scorer in america and australia. she helped chicago all the way to the end of the final days year, she scored 18 goals in 21 games, 44% of their entire goals this season. she has been nominated for a number of awards including the women's football award, she doesn't tend to win them. i suspect part of a moving here as she has done everything she can do over there and wa nts to everything she can do over there and wants to prove herself on the european stage. she is here for two and a half years and the chelsea fa ns and a half years and the chelsea fans are in for a bit of a treat

seems the next step on his incrediblejourney, only three seasons ago toronto won promotion to the super league now seem poised to make him one of the highest profile signings rugby league has ever seen. at 3a he may have his best years behind him but for sonny bill williams the incredible journey continues. so what can we expect from sonny bill williams then? robbie hunter paul played alongside williams at the start of his rugby career and chatted to me a little earlier. rugby league is the type of game that will allow him to flourish once again. it is second nature to him as he grew up playing rugby league and made his name in rugby league. as a by made his name in rugby league. as a rugby league boy it would be nice to see him finishing in rugby league where he started. for toronto this isa where he started. for toronto this is a real statement of intent or is it just is a real statement of intent or is itjust someone to boost is a real statement of intent or is it just someone to boost the is a real statement of intent or is itjust someone to boost the profile and maybe get a few more spons

he will be a huge draw in the super league.ome huge issue in contact sports, american football had a wake—up call a few years ago when a study showed the extent of long term brain damage among former players. earlier i spoke to the nfl‘s chief medical officer about how they are looking to make the sport safer. the overwhelming majority of concussions are associated with the act of tackling, like in rugby. data showed 60% of the time showed the injury was to the person doing the tackle. we have done a lot of work on how the interaction occurs. what is the height of the tackle, what pa rt is the height of the tackle, what part of the body is first used to initiate the tackle as well as the safest area on the bolt carrier's body to complete the tackle. that work has showed as we can make those tackles safer. in the bottom line and comment thread to that is getting the head removed from the impact. we have put a strategy together in 2018 to reduce injuries from concussion and we were quite successful. we were able to reduce concuss

women's football weekend and a record crowd for the first ever north london derby in the women's super leaguey to experience top flight football, a new stadium and the importance of bragging rights. although the excitement may have been too much for some. arsenal are the defending champions, the league is their territory. they're not used to having noisy neighbours. it showed, graham missing not once but twice, to give tottenham the first half lead. they were nearly made to pay for it before the break. mccabe inches away from her first goal of the season. arsenal captain little making the breakthrough. arsenal weathered the storm and were on the front foot. a gift for one of the best strikers in women's football. it was enough to secure victory and it meant arsenal stamped their authority on north london once again. manchester city enjoyed the biggest win of the day, beating west ham 5—0 at their usual academy stadium home. england international georgia stanway scored two first half goals but was later sent off. ellen white also got her first in the league for city — who stay second. i though

there've been plenty of goals in the women's super league with the top four all sides all winning.a point clear of second placed manchester city after big victories for both sides. rhia chohan reports. manchester united kicked off an action packed day of women's super league against brighton, and after scoring 11 goals in the midweek game they were feeling confident. lauren james, at 18 the youngest player in the squad, started off proceedings. wave after wave of attack was then rewarded making it 2—0. she wasn't done yet and got her second after half—time before a penalty taken racked up a 4—0 when for katie stoney‘s team. title chasers manchester city visited bristol. they were 1—0 going into the break. ellen white extended the lead. a 5—0 winfor the second week running mean the sat top the table briefly as chelsea were at birmingham city and were dominant. the tone was set from early on and it was a good day for millie bright getting another for chelsea before setting up bethany england on the stroke of half—time. drew spence scored twice shortly after the break before england g

the women's super league leaders chelsea scored six as they stayed top of the table with a big win atty who also scored plenty of goals on their travels as rhia chohan reports. manchester united kicked off an action packed day of women's super league against brighton and after scoring 11 goals in a midweek game, they were feeling confident. useful confidence as lauren james, they were feeling confident. useful confidence as laurenjames, at 18 the youngest player in the squad, started off proceedings. wave after wave of attacks then rewarded as leo colton made it 2—0. not done yet, she got her second after half—time before a penalty taken racked up a 4- 014 before a penalty taken racked up a 4— 014 casey stoney‘s team. title chasers manchester city visited bristol. they were 1—0 going into the break before ellen white extended the lead. either side of caroline we are's strike was pauline braemar‘s double. sitting top of the table briefly as chelsea were at birmingham city and they were dominant. the early goal set the tone for the rest of the game. a good day for millie brighton got an

currently bottom of the women‘s super league table, having gained just one point from their opening fiveson, so far. i think it doesn't matter what age you are, whether you're i think it doesn't matter what age you are, whetheryou're men, women, it doesn't matter, it's a derby. we have the ultimate respect for each other as pubs, but it is a fierce, feisty game at times. —— ultimate respect for each other as clubs. it's important they keep class about them and control what they can control and term up and perform and not let the occasion but get the better of them. liverpool hope this will finally kick—start their season. everton have started more brightly, three wins from their opening five games meaning they are towards the top of the table. and when they were out here on sunday, they will be starting as favourites. but it will be liverpool hoping this iconic stadium can finally inspire them to the first win of the season. living onto tennis. ——moving onto tennis. he may be world number one again — but rafal nadal is still not guaranteed a place in the last four of the world tour final

manchester city's parent company, city football group, has bought a majority share in the indian super leaguethe eight club that city now has investment in. other clubs include new york city and melbourne city. the city chairman says that the investment will deliver transformative benefits to mumbai city and football as a whole. the former ipswich and england defender russell osmond spoke to me from mumbai where he works as a pundit on the indian super league. it is absolutely brilliant that manchester city see fit that they could take on boards a tea m fit that they could take on boards a team like mumbai city and promote them as much as they can. it will do wonders for youth football over here as well with the access that manchester city will give to the academy of mumbai city. it will help the players, the education, the administration of how the club should be run successfully and i can only see everyone benefiting in a massive way. there are five british sides playing in the europa league today. celtic, rangers and manchester united and wolves are all in action arsenal need a draw at hom

india's mumbai city city football group is said to by 65 percent in the of the club in the indian super league bollywood actor and be a kapoor and accountant female operator own the remainder stake city football group also owns majority majority stakes in the new york city of c. an australian a league team melbourne city. group china great wall motors announced plans to build a plant in to produce electric versions of b.m.w. as many electric mini as possible and to have all electric vehicles account for at least 15 percent of global sales in the next 5 minutes south of losing electric model of the spot the faults of england is yet chinese factories schedules to go online in 2022 and produce 160008 took me. that's it from me and the business team here in the. news. thank you. india. to misery. in trenton teen devastating damage destroyed dishonest can even villages. survivors started creating dollars from damage clause giving up was never an option. a story of success. in 30 minutes gone d.w. . it's all happening go to visit a friend of. your link to news from africa and the world. your link to

wolfpack‘s director of rugby, says signing williams is great business for the club — and for super leagueleague? i think first and foremost, as a director of rugby, being purely shop. he can play. the ancillary stuff, less bothered about that everywhere i go, i get hit with baseball bats, let alone legends of new zealand were there. the former england rugby union captain — dylan hartley — has annouced his retirement from the sport — after failing to recover from a knee injury. the new zealand—born hooker, played 97 tests for england — winning two six nations titles, and playing 251 games for northampton saints in the english domestic league. hartley's he's been out of action since sustaining his knee injury last december — and was unable to recover in time to play in the recent world cup. in a statement, he said the last few months have been difficult "physically and mentally" — and while his career wasn't perfect "he wouldn't have had it any other way". let's look at the plus points first of all. 97 caps, he is england's second most player and it took england after that astonishment with

sonny bill williams has been talking about his big money move to super league. world cups with the all blacks, but has also played rugby league for the kiwis. and will be switching codes for a third time in his career. he's been talking to bbc sport's mark chapman. as you grow, the experiences, the biggest thing that is help me along my journey is biggest thing that is help me along myjourney is the person they look in front of my look in the mirror. when i talk to them, i'd be as gentlemen as possible and speak my truth and tell them that i am grateful for the opportunity to be here and i am gratefulfor such grateful for the opportunity to be here and i am grateful for such a awesome opportunity at this stage. with df to do, going back from the union to the league, both physically and mentally, what is the switch for you? will be about adjusting to the game plan, looking at how they play based on the text which is quite different in a lot of the teams that have watched which is really exciting. and also, once i get there, and the first part of the season i'll b

city's parent company, city football group or cfg, has agreed to buy a majority stake in indian super league. cfg is buying 65% of mumbai city, meaning the group will now hold a stake in eight football clubs. it already holds controlling stakes in manchester city, us side new york city fc and australia's melbourne city — as well as minority shareholdings in clubs in china, spain, uruguay and japan. us investment bank morgan stanley has fired or placed on leave at least four traders for allegedly hiding losses of between $100 million and $140 million according to bloomberg. the bank has refused to comment on the report, which says the investigation relates to trading of emerging market currencies in london and new york and now what's trending in the business news this morning. quartz reports a new headache for elon musk — an investigation into serious allegations of racism and discrimination by black and hispanic workers at tesla's solar factory in new york. analysis by bloomberg finds china's financial warning signs are flashing almost everywhere — from runs on rural banks to soaring levels

india's mumbai city city football group is said to buy 65 percent and of the club in the indian super league bollywood actor one because poor and accountant theme operatic own the remain the stake city football group also owns majority majority status in the new york city of c. and australian elite team open city. group china great wall motors announced plans to build a plant in to produce electric versions of b.m.w. as many electric many as possible use and all electric vehicles account for at least 15 percent of global sales in the next 5 minutes started losing electric model of its spot the faults of england this year chinese factories schedules to go online in 2022 months lose 160008 took me. that's it from me and the business team. up right next. earth home to millions of species a home worth saving. google ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world ideas that protect the climate boost green energy solutions and reforestation. using interactive content to inspire people to take action global audience the environment series of global 3000 on t.w. and o

it looks like he'll be playing in rugby league's super league next year for the newly promoted torontougby's biggest stars to leave union behind and finish his career in the code that he started with. adam wild has more. the sporting journey of sonny bill williams has been spectacular as it has been unusual. his career now seem certain to break more new ground for the ways —— just days after waving goodbye to the bulk up his journey continues to the sport where he first began. it was

toronto wolfpack, who've just been promoted to the top tier of the english league system, the super leaguet this stage. but with it comes excitement and to be a part of something special, you know, a clu b of something special, you know, a club in northern america, if we can get our foot club in northern america, if we can get ourfoot in club in northern america, if we can get our foot in the door, in the american market, its going to be — i see it as american market, its going to be — isee it as a american market, its going to be — i see it as a great change a great opportunity for youngsters coming through to, for themselves and their family. so it will be awesome to be a part of it. what you have to do, going back from union to lead? both physically and mentally? what has to switch for you? the first part of the season will be adjusting to the game plan, fitting into how the toronto boys play, their style of attack which is quite different to most of the teams i have watched, which is really exciting. but also, once i get that i think the first pa rt once i get that i think the first pa

the women's game, australia's sam kerr, is moving to england where she's signed for the women's super leaguest couple of years, kerr's been dividing her time between australia and the usa, playing for perth glory in the w—league and chicago red stars in the nwsl. she's the all—time leading goalscorer in both leagues, but now she's hoping to conquer europe. the australian international, who's been nominated for the ballon d'0r and fifa's women's player of the year, has signed a 2.5—year deal with chelsea and she's looking forward to joining up with manager emma hayes. i think chelsea is one of the biggest clubs in the world and once i kind of had my mindset on europe, it was kind of an easy to choose chelsea as a club stop i think she is going to be a coach that challenges me a lot, i have a lot to learn from her and i like that she is old business and can also have a bit of a laugh as well, because that is who i am. looking at the players and the depth they have with a huge draw card for me. i didn't come here to just be draw card for me. i didn't come here tojust be here. i came here to lif

and sonny bill williams has completed his return to rugby league, after signing for super league newcomersnion 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 return to competition of kadeena cox, a paralympic gold medallist in both athletics and track cycling. she'll be running in the 200 and 400—metres in dubai, in what will be her first major athletics meet since the 2017 world championships, where she won three medals. since then she's suffered with injury and mental health problems — and she says she's nervous and excited about being back on the track. i struggled with the pressure of being a top athlete. i expect a lot myself and people expected me to dominate. she made history at the paralympics, becoming the first british athlete to win two goals into

but papa new guinea does have a sprinkling of rugby players from australia and new zealand and super leaguey find themselves into the line, there are very vigorous, their kicking game is good, and they are physically engaging. i think that's where the lions have the advantage, i think the size of the britain team should get them over the line, but if they're off in any way, shape or form they're trouble. it will be a sell—out, they said they could have sold it three orfour times over, 8 million people in the country will be watching the match, they say it's a game that will bring the country to a standstill. from great britain's point of view, they simply need a win to end the series was a smile on theirfaces. let's hope so. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more sport throughout the weekend. next up, it's the papers. bye for now. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster john stapleton and the telegraph's women's editor claire cohen. lovely to have you both here. and really, there is only one story that appears to b

women's football weekend and a record crowd for the first ever north london derby in the women's super leagueh the excitement may have been too much for some. arsenal are the defending champions, the league is their territory. their are not used to have noisy neighbours. it showed, graham missing not once but twice to give tottenham the first half lead. they were nearly made to pay for it before the break. break. mccabe inches away from her first goal of the season. arsenal captain little making the breakthrough. arsenal weathered theroom to and we re arsenal weathered theroom to and were on the front foot. a gift for one of the best strikers in women's football. it was enough to secure victory and it meant arsenal stamped their authority on north london once their authority on north london once again. earlier, manchester city briefly moved top of the table after hammering west ham 5—0. georgia stanway scored two first half goals, including her 100th for the club, but was later sent off in the second half. ellen white got her first in the league for city — with lauren hemp and tessa wullaert

the owners of manchester city have agreed to buy a majority stake in the indian super league club, mumbai mumbai have previously been managed by peter reid and nicola anelka, both with mancehster city, former ipswich and england defender russell osman, works as a pundit in the indian super league and he spoke to us from mumbai earlier. to be absolutely honest, it's brilliant that they would take on someone brilliant that they would take on someone like mumbai city fc and promote them as much as they can. it will do wonders for youth football over here, as well. with the access that manchester will give the academy of mumbai city. help with the players, the education, the administration of how a club should be run successfully. i can only see eve ryo ne be run successfully. i can only see everyone benefiting in a massive way. uk athletics have launched an independent review into it's relationship with alberto salazar and his nike oregon project. last month, he was banned for four years after being found guilty of doping violations. he's launched an appeal, but nike have closed down the pro

the chinese super league is not only attracting stars but also more and more fans and now we're into the top 5 with italy. italian football. is not in good shape there are problems everywhere you look. for starters the stadium still operated and falling apart most of them were built in the 1st half of the 20th century and have barely been renovated since. women and children rarely attend games in italy because of the violent ultras. diehard fans some of them fascists have a lot of power sometimes even pulling the strings behind the scenes clashes are not unusual in 2009 the government crackdown and introduced the tests that are there to force. an id card to identify fans which is checked by police or security at the stadium entrance this all led to a decline in fan attendance syriac games only attract $23000.00 fans on average it's less than the mexican league and the league in spain. italian football is not what it used to be back in the ninety's and early 2006 when italian team dominated the news. in the ninety's italian clubs broke the world transfer record 6 times syria was the g

2017 international players have featured in the country's domestic t 20 competition the poc fun super league while zimbabwe and returned to pakistan to take part in a limited over matches the highest paid rugby player in the world sonny bill williams has now officially joined the canadian rugby league team toronto wolfpack a 34 year old was presented at the emirates stadium in london the former new zealand all blacks player signed a 2 year contract with a super league team last week for $10000000.00. us is strong to play is no doubt it's a testament it's but they also. have a massive political is that back in toronto sounds crazy it's. just scary it's it's the president but it's so. she flies footballer of the year meghan repeat his welcome dust really as decision to pay its women's and men's team equally she just wishes the u.s. had been 1st and step or peano an all members of the world cup winning squad or taking the u.s. soccer federation to court over gender discrimination it would have been nice. to be the world leader for the federation to be able to do that 1st unfortunately they squa

women‘s football weekend and a record crowd for the first ever north london derby in the women‘s super leagueing champions, the league is their territory. they‘re not used to have noisy neighbours. it showed, graham missing not once but twice, to give tottenham the first half lead. they were nearly made to pay for it before the break. mccabe inches away from her first goal of the season. arsenal captain little making the breakthrough. arsenal weathered the storm and were on the front foot. a gift for one of the best strikers in women‘s football. it was enough to secure victory and it meant arsenal stamped their authority on north london once again. manchester city enjoyed the biggest win of the day, beating west ham 5—0 at their usual academy stadium home. england international georgia stanway scored two first half goals but was later sent off. ellen white also got her first in the league for city — who stay second. thought it was a good performance. i thought we asked the players to be clinical. i thought in the birmingham game before the international break we probably had the same performa

manchester united kicked off an action packed day of women's super league against brighton, and afterave after wave of attack was then rewarded making it 2—0. she wasn't done yet and got her second after half—time before a penalty taken racked up a 4—0 when for katie to ny‘s racked up a 4—0 when for katie tony's team. manchester city visited bristol. they were 1—0 going into the break. in the fall in are's double. a 5— 01 for the second week running mean the sat top the table briefly as chelsea were it birmingham city and were dominant. the tone was set from early on and it was a good day for millie white getting another for chelsea before setting up base england on the stroke of half—time. through spence scored twice shortly after the break before a 6—0 thrashing to remain top of the order. arsenal stayed third with a comfortable victory over the bottom side in the league. a single goal when will count against them in the title race as they sit behind manchester city on goal difference. other scores in today's games everton won a third wsl match in a row beating tottenham. reading ca

women's game — australia's sam kerr — is moving to england where she's signed for the women's super leagueaustralia and the usa — playing for perth glory in the w—league, and chicago red stars in the nwsl. she's the all—time leading goalscorer in both leagues — but now she's hoping to conquer europe. the australian international — who's been nominated for the ballon d'0r and fifa's women's player of the year — has signed a 2.5—year deal with chelsea. she'll join them in january. thursday sees a showdown between roger federer and novak djokovic with whoever wins reaching the semi finals. federer kept his hopes alive with victory over matteo berettini in his last match. whilst djokovic was beaten by dominic thiem despite taking the first set, he lost in three. and so it sets up an all or nothing match against federer: as you said, it's a round—robin system so i am still in the tournament and we go head—to—head with roger, the winner goes to sammy, the loser doesn't qualify, it's as simple as that. several teams could qualify for football's euro 2020 finals on thursday including the defending

winner with new zealand's all blacks but now sonny bill williams is set to play in rugby league's super leagueon. he's likely to sign a two year multi million pound contract with newly promoted canadian side toronto wolfpack. he'll become one of their marquee players. williams was part of the new zealand team beaten by england in the rugby world cup semi finals last month and has made 12 appearances for new zealand's rugby league team before. staying with new zealand where their cricket team have beaten england in the 3rd t20 international in nelson after an england batting collapse. the kiwis now lead the 5 match series 2—1. new zealand post a competitive but chasable 180—7 from their 20 overs, colin de grandhomme top scoring with 55 from 35 deliveries. a 63 run partnership betweenjames vince and dawid malan looked to put the touring side on course for victory before a late collapse. eoin morgan's wicket triggered the loss of 5 wickets for 10 runs as england lost by 1a runs. morgan said a lack of experience may have cost them. he may not be featuring for real madrid at the moment but that has

as a director of rugby, purely selfish, it really helps in the dynamics to where we are in the super leaguell bat with legends of new zealand rugby let alone new zealand by zealand rugby let alone new zealand rugby league. justin rose will be looking to close a politic is open leaders, rose will start the second day two shots of the lead after a late 30s saw him firing an opening round of 67. he is having to be the first player 19 years to when a european tour title three is in succession stopping the milwaukee bucs will attempt to continue their impressive start to the season. giannis antetokounmpo, has been in particularly good form, having scored 38 points last time, and having just missed out on a triple double. all the buzz on social media, in the sporting world, is over these two at the moment. youtube stars ksi, and logan paul — and their boxing rematch in los angeles this weekend. the pair have an audience of a0 million who follow them. britain's ksi could have earned a reported $100 million us from the first fight, in manchester last year. american paul, is the favourite, in his ho

kerr, who is widely regarded as one of the best strikers in the world, has signed for women's super leagueg her, but she has chosen to come to london, signing a 2.5—year deal with chelsea, who she willjoin injanuary. and there has been another gold medal and another world record for britain's sophie hahn at the world para athletics championships in dubai. all the details on the bbc sport website and app. that's all from me. goodbye. hello once again. wednesday was a much improved today for many parts of the british isles, although the cloud filled in across the south—western quarter of the british isles is this system eventually spread. quite a bit of rainfall and across the high ground of south wales and the moors of the southwest, a significant amount of snow as well. here we are for thursday morning, and a really wet start to the day. south wales, the midlands, east anglia, some of the southern counties of england as well. come the afternoon, the eastern portion of that weather front will have taken its rain, moderate burst for the most part, the heavier burst in there. very much closer

sensation — australian striker sam kerr is on her way tojoin the team at the top of the women's super leagued evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. labour has pledged to outspend the tories on the nhs in england, promising an additional £6 billion a year by 2023—24 — that's on top of the £20 billion a year originally promised by theresa may. wales, northern ireland and scotland would get the same percentage increase. meanwhile the prime minister has renewed his calls to get brexit done and promised to double investment in industrial research and development on a visit to an electric taxi manufacturer in coventry. our political editor laura kuenssberg has the latest. filters tried to take charge today. why have you been?! about the prime minister in yorkshire, being given a talking to by people whose lives have been turned upside—down by floods. too late, his offer of help, they said. it is a little bit too late. the labour leader was confronted on the campaign trail in glasgow. and even the lib dems' battlebus was blocked in. can we observe a minute's silence for the victims austerity?

it's being billed as women's football weekend, with six matches today in the super league this afternoonop of the table. they're beating west ham 4—0 at half time. georgia stanway has scored twice. ellen white and lauren hemp have also scored. saracens begin their european champions cup title defence today when they take on racing 92 in paris. but still the pre—match headlines are all about their pending domestic points deduction and huge fine for breaching the premiership's salary—cap regulations. saracens are not challenging a story in a newspaper today which claims they won't be contesting the sanctions. the deadline is midnight tomorrow. so that saracen's game kicks off at 3:15 in paris. in today's other fixtures, northampton are playing lyon. currently 6—0 to northampton. joss butler hit a century in england's final warm—up game — ahead of their two—test series in new zealand. but the game ended in a draw in whangarei. butler's 110 runs helped england make 405 in reply to the new zealand a side's 302—6 declared. and despite 3 wickets each forjofra archer and sam curran, england coul

and chelsea stay top of the women's super league after an emphatic 6—0 win over birmingham city.s new week—long format in madrid. that's it. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. 00:23:58,161 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 have a very good night. hello. this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. more now on the lib dems — and their leader, jo swinson, has said there has "been a squeeze" on her party during the campaign, but that she is "not conceding yet". speaking on the bbc‘s andrew marr show, swinson also attacked jeremy corbyn's neutral stance on brexit, and said the liberal democrats' priority was to stop brexit from happening. well, of course the liberal democrats want to stop brexit and we will be campaigning to stop brexit. ok, if that is the case, jeremy corbyn is offering a referendum, you may not like every aspect of what he is saying, but he is offering a referendum, and borisjohnson very much isn't, doesn't that mean you are inevitably going to have to lean towards the labour party and help them form a government, vote things through for them, rather than the con

sport now, and the women's super league attendance record was smashed today at the tottenham hotspurh london derby, but it was the home fans who were left disappointed as arsenal beat spurs 2—0. elsewhere, there were wins for manchester city, chelsea, brighton and everton. england have signed off their euro 2020 qualification campaign with a comfortable 4—0 win over kosovo. they had already booked their place at the tournament but this victory means that they'll be one of the six top seeds for the draw at the end of the month. jane dougall reports from pristina. travelling england fans are unaccustomed to a reception like this. intervention by british troops during the kosovan conflict has not been forgotten here. the welcome has been warm. i can't remember an atmosphere like this. it is, it's quite moving. we pass the message onto world that football is about respect. say no to racism. even during the national anthem, it was the kosovan section's holding up the st george's cross. harmony between fans one less thing for gareth southgate to worry about. raheem sterling back in the sid

the first of the day's women's super league games are under way and manchester city have the lead atebsite. there was a thrilling finish to the final event on golf‘s european tour as spain'sjohn rahm won the tour championship and in doing so clinched the season long race to dubai title. he was vying with england's tommy fleetwood for the honours, with the pair level as rahm headed up the last, a hole he had to birdie to beat him — which he did rolling in this three foot putt to finish on 19 under. that means he finishes as europe's number one golfer for 2019, handing him close to £4 million in prize money. tyson fury will get his rematch with deontay wilder in february, after wilder beat luis ortiz to retain his wbc world heavyweight title for the 10th time in las vegas. it was a shaky start for the champion, who was out—boxed by ortiz for six rounds. but in the seventh, wilder's devastating right hand left ortiz on the canvas, unable to beat the count. afterwards he said tyson fury was definitely next, and then he wanted a unification bout with whoever wins the rematch between antho

it was a record breaking day in the women's super league with more than 711,000 fans watching the sixt spurs were beaten 2—0 by champions arsenal. scotland international scored a fine first before dutch striker vivienne miedema got the second. chelsea remain top after beating manchester united. lewis hamilton had been bumped down from third to seventh at the brazilian grand prix after a chaotic finish to the race at interlagos. ferraris sebastian vettel and charles leclerc had already taken each other out towards the end of the race. that brought out the safety car and on the first lap after the restart hamilton collided with red bull's alex albon. despite damaging his car he finished third behind verstappen and pierre gasly — only to be demoted by stewards after the race. that means carlos sainz inherits third and thus mclaren‘s first podium for more than five years. a saracens side without 0wen farrell, maro itoje and the vunipola brothers began the defence of their european champions cup title with a heavy defeat at the hands of racing 92. they were beaten 30 points to ten in paris

and chelsea meanwhile stay top of the women's super league after an emphatic 6—0 win over birminghamd a less—than—convincing display to beat 1a—man la rochelle in the european champions cup. the sharks move up to second in pool two, five points behind leaders exeter chiefs. gloucester produced a valiant fightback but ultimately felljust short in their defeat by 1a—man montpellier. matt banahan and joe simpson both crossed late on but the french side held on. defeat for the cherry and whites means they stay bottom of pool five, in tennis, the hosts spain have won the davis cup. after their late night victory over great britain, the spanish team won the first singles match with roberto bautista agut getting past canada's felix auger aliassime. rafael nadal here then beat dennis shapovalov in straight sets to seal their first title since 2011. adam peaty put on a great performance as he won a thrilling 100m race in the international swimming league. it's a new team—based competition for 2019, with fast—paced race sessions between eight teams of both men and women. peaty, who's the 100m

sam kerr has joined the women's super league leaders chelsea — the australian is widely regarded as onest strikers in the world. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. labour has unveiled plans to outspend the conservatives on healthcare in england, with a warning that the nhs is "crying out for a financial rescue plan". labour is pledging a real terms increase in funding of £26 billion a year by 2024, about £6 billion more than current government plans. it says it will use the money to cut waiting times and increase investment in mental health treatment, but the conservatives have warned that labour's plan for a shorter working week would send staff costs soaring. our political correspondent jessica parker reports. it is, they feel, their territory. labour will go big on the nhs at this election. £6 billion big to be precise, to be added in time to england's annual health budget. we will give mental health the greatest priority it has ever had. we will introduce free prescriptions, prevention and well—being will be at the heart of our mission to help people live healthier,

sam kerr, who's widely regarded as one of the best strikers in the world, has signed for women's super leagueerican and australian leagues. lots of european clubs were chasing her, but she's chosen to come to london, signing a two—and—a—half—year deal with chelsea, who she'll join in january. rafa nadal has produced a stunning comeback to keep himself in contention for the semifinals of the atp finals in london. the world number one was 5—1 down in the deciding set against danil medvedev and had to save a match point too. he then went on to take the third set into a tie—break, which he then won. if he had lost, he would have been out, but he will now progress to the last four if he beats stefanos tsitsipas on friday. and alex zverev‘s playing stefanos tsitsipas right now. they've just started, we'll bring you that result and all the day's sports news in sportsday at half past ten. the hearings in president trump's impeachment inquiry, which so far have been behind closed doors, are now taking place on live television for all to see. this is only the fourth impeachment inquiry in us history. d

they remain on top of the women's super league after a thumping 6—0 victory of birmingham city. and they're on top of the world. rafa nadal inspired spain to a sixth davis cup title after a 2—0 victory over canada in madrid. you have to love a home victory like that. the crowd in madrid for the davis cup this year was phenomenal, but whenever rafael nadal stepped out on that court, the reaction, i have never seen anything like it. coming up against that is a force to be reckoned with. in that semi-final against great britain, it was tight, wasn't it? it was so close. i thought because of great britain's history in the doubles, i thought we've got this, but rafael nadal and lopez, they are just something else to watch. a very successful davis cup in its new form, all around. getting it done quickly, it will be the future. i think that is why it appeals to the players, done and dusted in time for christmas. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. it looks a little bit foggy behind you. good morning, everyone. it is a cloudy start to the day. we got missed, we've got hi

if women's super league champions get past psg, then they could face lyon in the last four who have wonperformance from batsman dawid malan who scored the quickest century by an england player in twenty20 internationals, in what was a must win game in the fourth match of their series with new zealand. england had to win to take it to a decider. they were put into bat, before malan and eoin morgan took the new zealand attack apart. morgan made 91 and malan went on to reach his century off just 48 balls. new zealand needed a huge 242 but fell 76 runs short. mat parkinson taking 4 wickets in just his second match. chris jordan got the final wicket and that sets it up beautifully for the decider in auckland on sunday. british wheelchair racer sammi kinghorn won bronze in the t53100m at the world para—athletics championships in dubai. the scot won the title in london two years ago but said her performance was "encouraging". ididn't i didn't have any expectations coming into this with having seven weeks off through the season, it was like i will come here, it is amazing to be back in team col

at the rugby world cup will now play for canada's toronto wolfpack who are part of the english super league competition after signing its who year deal worth close to $7000000.00. just a quick misses to the to answer fans and see i'm looking forward to going over there i just want to say. that i'm not coming over for a holiday although my son might be coming over do some work and god willing we cannot have a successful season on an open field. clearly the guy comes with almost a branding himself mega high profile player but i went out to japan last week to meet on a bill and i just wanted to make sure that resigning for the right reasons and he made some. very sincere commitments towards that is common to win trophies i want to win a trophy wants to be successful as do we we have grabbed this burden on britain to be successful ourselves so who is sonny bill williams when he started out playing rugby league in australia where he won the domestic title twice playing for the bulldogs in 2004 and the roosters in 2014 he was widely criticized when he switched codes in the middle of the 2008 seas

recent years has led to the chinese football association introducing a quota teams in the chinese super league our only allowed to buy 4 foreign players and only 3 are allowed on the pitch at any one time during a match a move seen as a way to ensure chinese footballers get enough playing time. china doesn't have a strong football culture but it's trying to change that football academies have sprung up across the country clubs have set up more youth teams this one in beijing has 5. my dream is to playful beijing then china's national team maybe one day i can play major leagues in europe too until china's homegrown talent is ready to shine on the world stage it's happy to look abroad florence louis al-jazeera beijing. and it is an ongoing debate as to whether video referee technology is good for football a group of fans in brazil made it clear what they think for the lazar supporters upset by some decisions recently so they displayed a banner saying stop enough with the referee suspended play refused to continue until it was removed. ok but as always both are not more lights up. thank you add i