we all knew it was highly likely that george russell will replace valtteri bottas, and that valtteri bottas was looking for a seat. and, as time went on through this season, it became clear that alfa romeo was to become his destination. it's nice that they have been able to make it an official announcement today, and that alfa romeo have been able to unveil their new asset. but i think everyone saw it coming. and it's exciting times everyone with this big move that is happening in f1. there's a surprise new leader at the tour of britain, thanks to the best day's work of his career from american rider robin carpenter. carpenter made a solo bid for the stage win on dartmoor, and held off the chasing peloton all the way to the finish in exeter, winning stage two and taking the overall lead by 22 seconds. the race finishes in aberdeen on sunday. and that's all the sport for now. more reaction to your oppose mcquinn at the solheim cup over at the bbc news at the solheim cup over at the bbc new . . �* at the solheim cup over at the bbc new , , �* . �* , . ., news website. but that's

we all knew it was highly likely that george russell will replace valtteri bottas and that valtteri bottas was looking for a seat, but as time went on through this season it became clear that alfa romeo was to become his destination. it is nice to have been able to make it an official announcement today and that alfa romeo have been able to unveil their new asset. it is exciting times everyone with this big move that is happening in f1. there's a surprise new leader at the tour of britain — the best ride of his career from america's robin carpenter saw him win stage two in exeter. he'll wear the leader's red, white and blue jersey tomorrow, and leads overall by 22 seconds. drew savage reports. sometimes cycling to those of the unexpected. most pundits on the start line with tipping the race leaderfor start line with tipping the race leader for second stage win but on the short, punchy climbs a dance now a small group established a six minute lead. it is rare for a breakaway to succeed. usually the main contenders real them in towards the end of the stage but the hope of delighting the cr

the move to the chequered flag so valtteri bottas win showing hamilton what he could have had full stop max verstappen extended his lead to five points, vaulted bot has bottas starts from last after taking a penalty for changing his engine which makes verstappen the deal were not with the dutchman starting the grand prix from pole. and nearly 60 thousand people will be pounding the streets of newcastle tomorrow morning — as the great north run takes place. but this year's event is expected be even more special than usual. mike bushell has been looking back at the uk's biggest run as it turns a0. forfour for four decades forfour decades it has been changing lives, transforming the communities along its route through the simple out of running together. backin the simple out of running together. back in 1981 the great north run was the first of its kind, before it came along running events were for the elite, not for the masses but olympic legend brendan foster change that when he witnessed a run in new zealand and decided to try it, over 12,000 entered making it the biggest race in brit

valtteri bottas stuck to his plan. mercedes tried different tyres for hamilton, but it was the same result. he could not catch it was the same result. he could not catch. in. the dutch fans went delirious as that man one, returning to the top of the driver's championship. hamilton's any consolation, an extra point for the fastest lap. the excitations _ point for the fastest lap. the excitations were _ point for the fastest lap. tue: excitations were very point for the fastest lap. tte: excitations were very high going into the weekend and it is never easy to feel that. —— the expectations. i was so happy to win here, to take the lead as well in the championship, just the whole crowd here, it is incredible. we needed the strategy to be on point and it_ needed the strategy to be on point and it was— needed the strategy to be on point and it was not quite perfect. then we just— and it was not quite perfect. then we just came out in traffic, so even than _ we just came out in traffic, so even than before — we jus

the position to the chequered flag so valtteri bottas when showing hamilton what he could have had full stop max verstappen extended his lead to five points, vaulted bot has bought stuff from last after taking a penalty for changing his engine which makes verstappen the deal were not with the dutchman starting the grand prix from pole. and to the golf where englishman laurie canter will head into the final round of the pga championship, one shot off the top as he hit 70 at wentworth. the 31—year—old hit a birdies in the round, including this one on the 8th ,to finish the day, one behind italy's francesco laporta.wales' jamie donaldson finished strong with two birdies and an eagle to finish two off the pace, where ryder cup spots are up for grabs. three england international cricketers have pulled out of the rescheduled ipl tournament in the uae. england'sjonny bairstow, chris woakes and dawid malan have withdrawn from the competition, which was delayed in may due to rising coronavirus infections. england limited—overs captain eoin morgan is among nine english players still schedul

we all knew it was highly likely that george russell will replace valtteri bottas, and that valtteri bottas was looking for a seat. and, as time went on through this season, it became clear that alfa romeo was to become his destination. it's nice that they have been able to make it an official announcement today, and that alfa romeo have been able to unveil their new asset. but i think everyone saw it coming. and it's exciting times everyone with this big move that is happening in f1. there's a surprise new leader at the tour of britain, thanks to the best day's work of his career from american rider robin carpenter. carpenter made a solo bid for the stage win on dartmoor, and held off the chasing peloton all the way to the finish in exeter, winning stage two and taking the overall lead by 22 seconds. the race finishes in aberdeen on sunday. and that's all your sport for now. there's more reaction to your europe's win at the solheim cup over at the bbc news website. but from me and the team, that's all for now. goodnight. well, the warm southerly winds have arrived and a dose of summ

valtteri bottas had the last laugh, topping the time sheets. he'll start saturday's sprint race ahead of lewis hamilton and championship leader max verstappen. birmingham city moved up to fourth in the championship with a 2—0 win over derby county. scott hogan put birmingham ahead in the first half beforejeremie bela sealed the three points with this strike ten minutes from time. derby have now won just one of their last 13 games under manager wayne rooney, dating back to last season. there's one match to tell you about in rugby league's super league tonight. st helens are now guaranteed a top—two finish after thrashing leeds rhinos 40—6. they scored seven tries against a leeds side hit by injury and suspension. morgan knowles scored two of the tries. and britain's ethan hayter has retained the overall lead after stage six of the tour of britain — but only just. after taking four—and—a—half hours to cover 123 miles, it boiled down to a sprint finish in gateshead between the top riders. belgium's wout van art won the stage just ahe

the 23—year—old replaces valtteri bottas, who hasjoined alfa romeo. russell has spent three years at williams, and has impressed this season, including a second placed finish at the belgian grand prix. russell said he was "absolutely buzzing", but was aware of "the scale of the challenge". hamilton said on social media that russell had "rightly earned his spot". there's a new leader at cycling's tour of britain, after the ineos grenadiers won the team time trial — and it's a british rider, ethan hayter. the 22—year—old won a silver medal in the madison at the olympics with matt walls, and now he's showing what he can do on the road. hayter was in the light blue sprinter�*s jersey, and a fine team performance from ineos means he's swapped that for the red, white, and blue of the race leader. head coach chris silverwood has said england will make a late decision on whether ben stokes will feature in the upcoming t20 world cup. all—rounder stokes has missed the test series against india after announcing he would take an "indefinite break" from

in second practice today, it was a mercedez one—two with valtteri bottas finishing quickest, just ahead of his team—mate lewis hamilton. verstappen's grid penalty gives hamilton and mercedes a golden opportunity to gain ground in the championship. verstappen is five points ahead heading into this weekend. andy murray has been knocked out of the quarterfinals of the moselle open in france. the former world number one, who's now ranked 113th, lost in straight sets to the top seed, poland's hubert hurkacz. meanwhile, us open champion emma raducanu has split with her coach who helped guide her to a first major title earlier this month. andrew richardson was hired for the summer tournaments in the united states, which ended with that extraordinary win in new york. the 18—year—old became the first british woman to win a grand slam for 44 years and the first qualifier ever to win a major. well, today, raducanu also got to play with royalty, the duchess of cambridge, who made a guest appearance at an lta event to mark britain's us open success. britain's eventers are in first place after

valtteri bottas will leave mercedes at the end of the year and move to alfa romeo — that should pave the way for george russell to become lewis hamilton's new partner from 2022. after five years at mercedes alongside hamilton, bottas will replace kimi raikkonen, at alfa romeo, who is retiring from formula one at the end of the season. bottas has won nine races in five years since he joined mercedes in 2017. paralympics gb are reflecting on a brilliant games injapan, finishing second in the medal table again with 124 medals, including 41 golds. two of those golds were won by swimmer maisie summers newton. she told sally nugent what it was like racing alongside her hero. when i first started racing against ellie simmonds after she came back from rio, that was surreal for me because she has always been such an idol for me and someone i have always looked up to, so to race against her is really strange but i have definitely got used to it over the past few years. she is such an inspiration, a good friend and lovely person. to have her in the cool room and having that person who has the k

valtteri bottas in the other mercedes briefly led after pitstops, but finished third. verstappen now leads hamilton byjust four points. england's cricketers are chasing 368 to win the fourth test against india with over a day left to play. they looked to have got themsleves back in front with some early at the oval. but half centruries from pant and thakur and some useful runs from yadav and bumrah saw india reach 466 in their second innings. 10 wickets needed for them with the series poised at 1—1. england are 25—0. the fifth test starts on friday at old trafford. the paralympic games have come to close. great britain finishing second in the medal table, just as they did in rio five years ago but they won medals in 18 of the 19 sports they entered and that is a new team record. there's were no more british golds on the final day but krysten coombs took one of the two bronzes for the team in the sh6 badminton singles. the other came for the wheelchair basketball team. they trailed against spain at half time but they came back to win by 68 points to 58. it's been an

valtteri bottas will leave mercedes at the end of the year and move to alfa romeo — which should pave the way for george russell to become lewis hamilton's new partner from 2022. after five years at mercedes alongside hamilton, bottas will replace kimi raikkonen at alfa romeo who's retiring from formula one at the end of the season. bottas has won nine races in five years since he joined mercedes in 2017. iraq continue their world cup qualification against iran in doha on tuesday. iraq held korea to a goalless draw in their group a opener, while the group leaders iran won theirfirst game with a narrow 1—0 victory over syria. the last time the two sides met was in 2019 when iraq won 2—1. plenty more on the bbc sport website including the latest from the us open tennis but from the us open tennis but from now, that is it for sport. let's have more on our main story — the situation in panjchir province in afghanistan. fahim fetrat is a journalist, political activist and former advisor to the afghan parliament. he is at an undisclosed location. thanks so much for being on the progra

valtteri bottas in the other mercedes will start tomorrow from third. the wsl is back and last season's runners up manchester city have thrashed everton 4—0 in their opening match. vicky losada and janine beckie put city 2—0 ahead before khadija shaw made it three with a debut goal. all before half time and captain steph houghton made an immediate impact after coming off the bench to give the visitors their fourth goal. the game at goodison park was the first in the wsl to be shown free—to—air on uk television on bbc one. two more games today. earlier aston villa beat leicester 2—1. totenham lead birmingham 1—0 in the 3pm kick off. hannah cockcroft has won her second gold medal of these paralympics in tokyo and seventh overall. she set a new paralympic record in the t34 800 metres, in what was a british 1—2 as kara adenegan took silver. cockcroft dominated the race from the start to secure her second gold of these games. she broke her own world record to retain the 100m crown last sunday. she joked afterwards that she was gutted that she w

valtteri bottas was third. and england need a record run chase if they're to win the fourth test after india set a huge target of 368 at the oval. shardul thakur made 60 today, before india were all out for a66. england without loss at stumps and will look to bat through tomorrow's final day for at least a draw. details on day two of the solheim cup and the start of the tour of britain over on the bbc sport website tonight. for now though, that's all from me. and that's it from me. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodnight. hello, there. anti—cyclonic gloom is going to be a thing of the past, this week. instead of the winds coming in off the north sea bringing in all the cloud we're starting to entrain some drier and warmer air coming in from continental europe. now, that dry warm air hasn't reached everywhere yet. you can see there was a lot of cloud across scotland and northern ireland, and even on monday, there's a little bit of light rain or drizzle left over. northern areas of the u

valtteri bottas had the last laugh topping the timesheets. he'll start saturday's sprint race ahead of lewis hamilton and championship leader max verstappen. that's all the sport for now. coming up now, it is the weather with helen willetts. good evening. with low pressure, it has been a showery picture. sunny spells between the showers as we saw in suffolk, but we've also seen a lot of lively showers and through the second half of the afternoon across the eastern half of england. the weekend will bring fewer showers for many of us, but it'll feel fresher, and the region — the low pressure is moving out into the north sea. bringing wet and windy weather to scandinavia. we still got the remnants, but the change i talked about is the wind direction. it's a fresher feel. you can see the heat gradually through the day on saturday. still a few thunderstorms. possibly one or two in northern ireland. but they fade away through the night. the wet areas really dominated by the low pressure across north scotland, notjust tonight, but tomorrow as well

valtteri bottas in the other mercedes briefly led after pitstops, but finished third. verstappen leads hamilton byjust three points. and it should be a fascinating final day's play in the fourth test between england and india at the oval on monday. the tourists were eventually bowled out for 466 in their second innings with shardul thakur and rishabh pant both hitting half centuries. england made a promising start to their pursuit of a record 368 to win and will resume play on the final day 77 without loss with the series finely poised at 1—1. we have certainly got the belief that we can go and get the win. a lot of hard work still needs to be done yeah, you can draw on those experiences, i think. you can draw on those experiences, ithink. on you can draw on those experiences, i think. on what we have done in the past. but we have done in the past. but we are capable as a team and a lot of the time it is just a matter of belief and believing you have the ability to do that and going out and executing. there's more on that fourth test — and updates from the us open

valtteri bottas in the other mercedes briefly led after pitstops, but finished third. verstappen now leads hamilton byjust four points. india's cricketers are building a big lead against england on the fourth day of the fourth test at the oval. at least play has been able to go ahead. india's head coach ravi shastri and three of his backroom staff have tested positive for covid—19 and are self—isolating. the india players have returned negative lateral flow tests, so could take to the field india have piled on the runs, with some big hitting from shardul thakar taking the lead past 300 england have taken some wickets including that of rishabh pant but the lead has now passed 350. a short while ago, india were 452—9 with over four sessions still to play paralympicsgb�*s chief penny briscoe says the team have "rewritten the history books" with their performance in tokyo. the games finished today with great britain second in the medal table on 41 golds and 124 medals in total, and though that's down on rio five years ago, winning medals in 18 of the 19 sports they

in second practice today it was a mercedez one two with valtteri bottas finishing quickest, just ahead of his teammate lewis hamilton. verstappen�*s grid penalty gives hamilton and mercedes a golden opportunity to gain ground in the championship — the dutchman is five points ahead of hamilton heading into this weekend. england have won the netball series against new zealand, after an astonishing come back to beat the world champions. the roses were ten goals down at one point, but rallied in the fourth quarter to level the score. england then nudged themselves in front and held on for a close win. they lost the series 3—0 last time they visited new zealand in 2020.. but now have a confidence boosting win going into the commonwealth games. anthonyjoshua, has opened up, about how he deals with the stress, and mental challenge, of competing, at an elite level. the wba, wbo and ibf world heavyweight champion, defends his titles tomorrow, against the former undisputed cruiserweight champion, olek—sandr usyk in london, and says, it's the little things in life that matter. it's a lone

his mercedes team mate valtteri bottas won, but second placed verstappen gets to start on pole after bottas was given a grid penalty. hamilton will start from fourth. there is an easy win for max tomorrow, so it's going to be a big hit this weekend. reporter: come on, there's a long race to go, right? - still opportunities. as i said, i know what's going to happen. i'll do the best i can tomorrow. ethan hayter could become the first home winner of the tour of britain in five years later today. belgium's yves lompart won the penultimate stage into edinburgh. hayter finished sixth to retain his overall lead, four seconds ahead of his closest rival belgium's wout van art. the race ends this afternoon in aberdeen. and englishman laurie canter will begin today's final round of the pga championship, one shot off the lead at wentworth. the 31—year—old hit four birdies to finish the dayjust behind leader francesco laporta of italy. ireland's shane lowry, in a tussle with lee westwood for a ryder cup place, is three off the pace. much more sport on the bbc website including _ much more sp

the 23—year—old replaces valtteri bottas, who hasjoined alfa romeo. russell has spent three years at williams, and has impressed this season, including a second placed finish at the belgian grand prix. russell said he was "absolutely buzzing" but was aware of "the scale of the challenge". hamilton said on social media that russell had "rightly earned his spot". there's a new leader at cycling's tour of britain, after the ineos grenadiers won the team time trial — and it's a british rider, ethan hayter. the 22—year—old won a silver medal in the madison at the olympics with matt walls, and now he's showing what he can do on the road. hayter was in the light blue sprinter�*s jersey, and a fine team performance from ineos means he's swapped that for the red, white, and blue of the race leader. head coach chris silverwood has said england will make a late decision on whether ben stokes will feature in the upcoming t20 world cup. all—rounder stokes has missed the test series against india after announcing he would take an "indefinite break" from c

valtteri bottas will leave mercedes at the end of the year and move to alfa romeo — that should see george russell move from williams to become lewis hamilton's new partner from 2022. after five seasons at mercedes alongside hamilton, bottas will replace kimi raikkonen at alfa romeo who is retiring from formula one at the end of the year. bottas, who is 32, won nine races for mercedes. we all knew it was highly likely that george russell will replace val to rebut us and that vow to rebut us was looking for a seat but as time went on through this season it became clear that alpha male was to become his destination. it is nice to have been able to make it an official announcement today and that alfa romeo have been able to unveil their new asset. —— valtteri bottas. it is exciting times everyone with this big move that is happening in f1. emma raducanu says she's relishing the prospect of playing in front of 20 thousand fans against the home favourite shelby rogers in the us open last 16 later. the british teenager is playing at the tournament for the first time and has reached the fourt

valtteri bottas had the last laugh, topping the time sheets. he'll start saturday's sprint race ahead of lewis hamilton and championship leader max verstappen. birmingham city moved up to fourth in the championship with a 2—0 win over derby county. scott hogan put birmingham ahead in the first half before jeremie bela sealed the three points with this strike ten minutes from time. derby have now won just one of their last 13 games under manager wayne rooney, dating back to last season. there's one match to tell you about in rugby league's super league tonight. st helens are now guaranteed a top—two finish after thrashing leeds rhinos 40—6. they scored seven tries against a leeds side hit by injury and suspension. morgan knowles scored two of the tries. and britain's ethan hayter has retained the overall lead after stage six of the tour of britain — but onlyjust. after taking four—and—a—half hours to cover 123 miles, it boiled down to a sprint finish in gateshead between the top riders. belgium's wout van art won the stage just ahe

in second practice today, it was a mercedes one—two with valtteri bottas finishing quickest, just ahead of his team—mate lewis hamilton. verstappen's grid penalty gives hamilton and mercedes a golden opportunity to gain ground in the championship — the dutchman is five points ahead of hamilton heading into this weekend. that's all the sport for now. good evening. friday brought us another day with some warm september sunshine for many areas. it has been breezy with some spots of rain from northern areas, but through the course of the weekend, largely dry, still quite warm with some spells of sunshine around too, and that is down to the fact we have got our air coming from a south or south—westerly direction. this warm air mass still with us, and if we compare temperatures to average, they are around five or 6 degrees above average for many areas. contrast that to the colour change next week. by the middle of next week, temperatures will return to average or even a little bit below, by the middle of this coming week, but back to the here and now. and for the rest of this evening an

his mercedes team mate valtteri bottas won, but second placed verstappen gets to start on pole after bottas was given a grid penalty. hamilton will start from fourth. monza in italy will replace the recently cancelled rally japan as the final round of the world rally championship in november. sebastien ogier has strengthened his grip on the drivers�* championship by finishing third at acropolis rally greece. the frenchman has extended his lead over toyota team mate, britain's elvin evans, to 44 points with three rallies remaining. hat�*s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. pope francis has had a brief meeting in hungary with the country's prime minister, viktor orban. the two men have radically different interpretations of what constitutes a christian approach to migration. the pontiff has severely criticised the reluctance of some european leaders to take in refugees, but mr orban says he's defending christian europe. our central europe correspondent nick thorpe is in budapest. both sides were keen to smooth over any difference

in second practice today, it was a mercedes one—two with valtteri bottas finishing quickest, just ahead of his team—mate lewis hamilton. verstappen's grid penalty gives hamilton and mercedes a golden opportunity to gain ground in the championship — the dutchman is five points ahead of hamilton heading into this weekend. the liverpool managerjurgen klopp says now is a "good moment" to consider bringing in safe standing at stadiums. premier league and championship clubs can now apply to pilot safe standing areas from january next year, and klopp says he would welcome it. the stadiums are completely different to the time when these really sad, sad things happened, construction is different, all these kind of things, so i think i liked it. i like the idea, but especially i am really excited about how much better the adversary could be if we have safe standing. == better the adversary could be if we have safe standing.— have safe standing. -- the atmosphere _ have safe standing. -- the atmosphere could - have safe standing. -- the atmosphere could be. - andy murray has been knocked out

the mercedes of valtteri bottas was third. england need to produce their highest successful run chase if they�*re to win the fourth test after india set a huge target of 368 at the oval. 171 runs ahead at the start of the day, shardul thakur contributed 60 more before india were out for a66. england — yet to lose a wicket — will look to bat through tomorrow�*s final day for a draw and set up a series decider in the final test at old trafford. and reigning champions chelsea were beaten in their first match of the women�*s super league season. they only lost once in their title—winning campaign but two second—half goals from beth mead handed arsenal a 3—2 win in front of 8,000 fans at the emirates. in the day�*s other game, brighton beat west ham 2—0. over on the bbc sport website, the latest from the solheim cup, where the united states are trailing europe by a point. and dan evans isjust about to get underway in the last 16 of the us open tennis against the second seed, daniil medvedev. that�*s all for me

his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas won, but second—placed verstappen gets to start on pole after bottas was given a grid penalty. hamilton will start from fourth. there is an easy win for max out tomorrow, so it is going to be a big hit this weekend.— tomorrow, so it is going to be a big hit this weekend. come on, there is a lona hit this weekend. come on, there is a long race — hit this weekend. come on, there is a long race to _ hit this weekend. come on, there is a long race to go. — hit this weekend. come on, there is a long race to go, right? _ hit this weekend. come on, there is a long race to go, right? still- a long race to go, right? still opportunities. sis a long race to go, right? still opportunities.— a long race to go, right? still opportunities. as i said, i know what's going — opportunities. as i said, i know what's going to _ opportunities. as i said, i know what's going to happen. - opportunities. as i said, i know what's going to happen. do - opportunities. as i said, i know what's going to happen. do the opportunities. as i said, i know- what's going

the 23—year—old replaces valtteri bottas, who hasjoined alfa romeo. russell has spent three years at williams and has impressed this season, including a second placed finish at the belgian grand prix. russell said he was "absolutely buzzing", but was aware of �*the scale of the challenge.�* hamilton said on social media that russell had �*rightly earned his spot.�* scotland's footballers resume their world cup qualifying campaign tonight with a tough trip to austria. at the halfway stage in the group, scotland sit third, and a win tonight would put them right in contention to qualify for qatar next year — but manager steve clarke says his squad must take it one game at a time. every game's important. i think when you represent your country, especially in qualifiers, every game's important, because every point can be important towards the end. i don't know what the points total will be now. you look at it and you have so many combinations and so many thoughts in your head, and so many results that can go one way or the other that it's better

the 23—year—old replaces valtteri bottas, whojoins alfa romeo. russell has spent three years at williams and has impressed this season, with a second place finish at the belgian grand prix. russell said he was "absolutely buzzing", but was aware of "the scale of the challenge". seven—time world champion hamilton has welcomed russell to the team, saying he had "rightly earned his spot". europe have retained golf�*s solheim cup after a thrilling final day of singles in ohio. leading 9—7 at the start of the day, europe got the five points they needed to secure the trophy. rookie matilda castren with the winning moment, beating lizette salas on the 18th. it has been a nightmare start to the rugby season for england's emily scarratt, who has undergone surgery on a broken leg. scarratt was injured just two minutes into loughborough lightning's premier 155 defeat by harlequins on sunday. the 31—year—old will miss the red roses' four autumn internationals, but will be hoping to be fit for the delayed world cup next year. head coach chris silver

valtteri bottas was quickest in friday practice, ahead of his mercedes team—mate lewis hamilton. qualifying is due to get underway at1:00pm. us open champion emma raducanu has split with the coach who helped guide her to a first major title earlier this month. andrew richardson, was hired for the summer tournaments in the united states, which ended with that amazing win 18—year—old raducanu became the first british woman to win a grand slam for 44 years and the first qualifier to win a major too. yesterday she was playing with royalty, the duchess of cambridge, making a guest appearance at an lta event to mark her achievement. i definitely want to keep just improving and being the best version of myself and on the court and off the court and maximising my potential and i still think i have a lot of room for development in terms of my tennis career and where it can 9°. of my tennis career and where it can go, so i am excited to start working on it. andy murray's impressive run at the moselle 0pen is over after being knocked out in the quarter—finals. murray is now ranked 11

alpine's esteban ocon was third, ahead of mercedes' valtteri bottas and red bull's max verstappen. fifa says it's investigating racial abuse aimed at england player raheem sterling and jude bellingham during thursday's world cup qualifier in budapest. prime minister borisjohnson has urged fifa "to take strong action against those responsible to ensure that this kind of disgraceful behaviour is eradicated from the game for good". piara powar is the executive director of the football against racism in europe network. seeing scenes like that with monkey chants and black players being targeted is something that has been going on for a very, very long time in european football and it is something that is now, you know, the time must be now to do more to tackle this and to make sure that everything that is possible to tackle this abuse is being done. and arsenal women have completed the signing of united states forward and two—time world cup winner tobin heath. the 33—year—old spent last season at manchester united where she scored four goals in eight league games before an ankle i

valtteri bottas led lewis hamilton in a mercedes one—two in first practice at the russian grand prix. bottas, who won the race last year, finished just over two tenths of a second ahead of hamilton. championship leader max verstappen was third for red bull. the dutchman is facing a three—place grid penalty on sunday after being found predominantly to blame for the crash with lewis hamilton last time out in italy which ended both their races. the body that represents europe“s top football clubs, has raised, what it's called "grave concern and alarm" over fifa“s plans for a world cup every two years. the european club“s association, the eca, says the proposals by fifa would lead to a direct and destructive impact on club football, and players“ health and wellbeing would be put at risk. former arsenal manager arsene wenger is leading the calls, calls for fewer international breaks, to stage more world cups. a more in—depth analysis is on the bbc sport website. a more in—depth analysis is on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the n

his mercedes team mate valtteri bottas was third. we need a strategy to be on point, and it wasn't quite perfect, and then we just came out in traffic, so... even then, if all that was perfect, it would have still been hard to have got at him. so we gave it everything. over in ohio, its all set for an enthralling final over in ohio, it's all set for an enthralling final day at the solheim cup. the usa dominated yesterdays early foursomes to reduce europe's lead to a single point. but after a topsy—turvy afternoon fourballs europe have a slender lead going into today's singles. a ceremony of lights, fireworks and dancing closed the paralympic games injapan. great britain's athletes finished second in the medal table — winning121i medals, including 41 golds. chair of uk sport katherine grainger says gb are only just getting started. this is a team that has outdone the success of london 2012 and won this incredible array of medals across this incredible variety of sports, and i think... it just feels like this is a team that's still