no suchjoy for no such joy for england cricketers after a surprise defeat to afghanistan in the cricket world cup group stage, but england beat fiji at the rugby world cup. clement named the new rangers boss. what named the new rangers boss. what michael beale _ named the new rangers boss. what michael beale did _ named the new rangers boss. what michael beale did wasn't acceptable. hello and welcome along to the programme. let's begin at the rugby union world cup in france, where england have booked their place in the semi—finals, after a narrow 30—21; win over fiji. andy swiss watched on in marseille. the england fans celebrating into the night in marseille because they are through to the world cup semifinals but only after the most extraordinary drama, an excellent start against fiji, two first—half tries mike from first tuilagi, first international try for two years and after marchant scored, in control, seemed like a straightforward victory. back came fiji and how. two tries in quick succession, not much more than ten minutes left when botitu went crashing over. the fiji fans were sensing a remarkable comeback but england rescued by the boot of their captain owen farrell, a drop goal and then a penalty. that was good enough to give england victory 30—24, my goodness, they were given a scare by fiji. england on course now for the semifinals and they will have to improve the game, up they will have to improve the game, up against either france or the host nation, who played so well in the tournament so far, or south africa, the defending champions, beat england in the final four years ago. for now you suspect most of the england fans won't be too worried about that, they will just be breathing a huge sigh of relief that they have beaten fiji and have got through to the world cup semifinals. tense — england were hanging on towards the end of the match against fiji and scrum half danny care who came on an hour into the game believes it was a combination of team spirit and work rate that got them through to the semi—final. in patches we were excellent and then we let fiji back in with indiscipline, they got some territory, we wrestle back the advantage. ben earl to the left of me was unbelievable, could have scored one of the greatest tries in world cup history, for him to still be doing that in the 73rd minute after the shift he put in, jamie george and others were exceptional, i don't no how many tackles they made but they were phenomenal, we are in the semi. we made but they were phenomenal, we are in the semi.— are in the semi. we will watch the niaht, are in the semi. we will watch the night. prepare _ are in the semi. we will watch the night, prepare accordingly. - are in the semi. we will watch the night, prepare accordingly. it- are in the semi. we will watch the night, prepare accordingly. it will| night, prepare accordingly. it will be an_ night, prepare accordingly. it will be an unbelievable game. two night, prepare accordingly. it will be an unbelievable game.- night, prepare accordingly. it will be an unbelievable game. two of the best teams in — be an unbelievable game. two of the best teams in the _ be an unbelievable game. two of the best teams in the world, _ be an unbelievable game. two of the best teams in the world, you - be an unbelievable game. two of the best teams in the world, you have i be an unbelievable game. two of the best teams in the world, you have to j best teams in the world, you have to beat them to get the ultimate price we are looking forward to it. well the final quarter—final between france and south africa gets underway at eight o'clock in paris. there will be plenty of enthusiastic home support at the stade de france as you can see here. fans arriving early. expect a cracking atmosphere — france will have to be at their best to get past the defending champions. in domestic rugby union, last season's runners—up sale sharks made a winning start to the new premiership season. they were pushed all the way by northampton saints, but managed to come through — winning 20 points to 15 — tom o'flaherty with the pick of the three tries. sharks were beaten by saracens in the premiership final at twickenham in may. london broncos are back in rugby league's super league, after coming from behind to beat toulouse olympique in the championship grand final. (oov)the french side led 14—4 at half—time, the french side led 14—4 at half—time, but the broncos fought back with three second half tries — including two from iliess macani. cue the celebrations for the london club, who are back in the the top flight for the first time since 2019 when they were relegated on points difference. to the cricket world cup in india where afghanistan have pulled off the biggest win in their world cup history — beating england by 69 runs in delhi. patrick geary reports on a disappointing day for the defending champions. afghanistan believe they are getting closer to england, belief has always been important in their cricket. allowing them to clear hurdles but few expected the force unleashed. rashid the match turner, halting the afghan church. others followed along his curving path, notablyjoe root, england back on top of the sun had not yet set on afghanistan, finishing as they started, smashing themselves up to 284, a total for more than it might have been. in the daily darkness, something to conjure with. hitjoe root early and you know you are in business, getjos buttler to, well, they tell you the significance. four michael dunn, 200 short, more wickeds pill, steering through the crisis but without and againstan and against an irresistible force. england had time to recover but this was about afghanistan. 20 years ago they didn't have a proper national team, today they beat the world champions by 69 runs, no wonder they believe. patrick geary, bbc news. a famous result. here are the thoughts of england captainjos buttler after that shock result — which means england have now lost two of their opening three matches in the competition. really disappointed, we wanted to put in a good performance and got outplayed today, afghanistan fully deserving in their victory. we started poorly, first ball of the game i missed one, set the tone for the first ten overs. we didn't hit the first ten overs. we didn't hit the areas we wanted to and credit, they played some good shots, maybe a few too many easy boundaries in there. took us awhile to get into there. took us awhile to get into the game. we came back well and maybe let them have a few too many more at the end. a big setback obviously. before the tournament starts you have a different idea of how the first three games would pan out. we have to show a lot of character, resilience within the team and most of all a lot of belief. a lot of excellent players in their and we haven't played well enough today. but we must keep that belief. so a monumental day in the history of afghan cricket — masterminded by former england batterjonathan trott. that is the beauty of the world cup, isn't it? _ that is the beauty of the world cup, isn't it? that — that is the beauty of the world cup, isn't it? that is what cricket is about — isn't it? that is what cricket is about i— isn't it? that is what cricket is about. i said earlier this game pushes — about. i said earlier this game pushes and pulls you so much emotionally as a player and as a coach _ emotionally as a player and as a coach because you want the players to do _ coach because you want the players to do so _ coach because you want the players to do so well because you know what they can _ to do so well because you know what they can achieve. the previous two games, _ they can achieve. the previous two games, there were glimpses we did things— games, there were glimpses we did things well, perhaps more so in the second _ things well, perhaps more so in the second game. i am chuffed for the players _ second game. i am chuffed for the players. the things we have spoken about _ players. the things we have spoken about as _ players. the things we have spoken about as a — players. the things we have spoken about as a side if we get these sorts— about as a side if we get these sorts of— about as a side if we get these sorts of things right we can compete with anyone in the world. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. hubert hurkacz saved a match point on his way to beating andrey rublev in the shanghai masters final. the pole eventually coming through in a final set tie break to claim his second masters 1000 title. judd trump continued his fine form as he won the wuhan open. the former world champion beat fellow englishman ali carter by 10—7. it's his second title in a week after winning the english open in brentwood last sunday. wigan warriors have won the wheelchair super league grand final after a 50—42 win against leeds rhinos, with jack heggie scoring a hat trick of tries. it completes a double for the warriors who also won the men's grand final at old trafford yesterday. a day after losing his championship lead francesco bagnaia is back on top of the motogp rider standings after winning the indonesian grand prix. the italian�*s title rival jorge martin moved to the top of the standings on saturday by clinching the sprint race. but the spaniard crashed out while leading on the 14th lap. after starting from thirteenth on the grid bagnaia fought his way through the field to claim his sixth victory of the season. the reigning champion now leads martin by 18 points. rangers have appointed former monaco and club bruges head coach philippe clement as their new manager. the 49—year—old former belgium defender succeeds michael beale, who was sacked earlier this month — and arrives at ibrox having signed a 3.5 year deal. rangers chairmanjohn bennett says clement was "the outstanding candidate across all the key criteria". his first match in charge will be against hibernian next weekend. he cannot do any worse than michael bill, the last game against aberdeen was not acceptable. i'm not always at the games but when i am out and about i get stuff from the stadium. they need to start playing better under the manager. ads, they need to start playing better under the manager.— under the manager. a great appointment. _ under the manager. a great appointment. we _ under the manager. a great appointment. we need - under the manager. a great appointment. we need to l under the manager. a great i appointment. we need to kick under the manager. a great - appointment. we need to kick on and recover— appointment. we need to kick on and recover the _ appointment. we need to kick on and recover the damage done in the league — recover the damage done in the league |— recover the damage done in the learue. ~ . , recover the damage done in the learue. ~ ., ., league. i think it was time for beale to 90- _ league. i think it was time for beale to go. decent - league. i think it was time for beale to go. decent record i league. i think it was time for beale to go. decent record in | beale to go. decent record in belgium. _ beale to go. decent record in belgium, fingers _ beale to go. decent record in belgium, fingers crossed, . beale to go. decent record in - belgium, fingers crossed, really. scotland can qualify for euro 2024 tonight without kicking a ball — that's if norway fail to beat spain. they kick off in the next few minutes, as do wales who have a trickier route to germany. they are facing croatia in cardiff, currently fourth in their group with three games left, only the top two teams will qualify automatically. wales need to win all three of their remaining matches or hope leaders turkey, or croatia, drop points. but much of the build—up to the game has been surrounding speculation over the future of manager rob page. i get the frustration at times, we want to win games of football, i want to win games of football, i want to win every game we play. there has to be perspective as well, the bigger picture is we are planning for the future, doing what is best for the football association of wales, not for myself. introducing the young players in the manner we are doing i think is the best way to make wales better in the future. let's move from international football to the women's super league — and a dramatic comeback for arsenal who were a goal down at home to aston villa going into injury time. arsenal were heading for another defeat, but katie mccabe had other plans. she thumped home an injury—time equaliser — but they weren't done there. in the 94th minute, alessia russo scored the winning goal from the edge of the box as arsenal secured their first win of the season. everton beat liverpool in the merseyside derby — their skipper megan finnigan with the only goaljust after the half—hour mark. the first that liverpool had conceded in three games this season. elsewhere, england goalkeeper mary earps made her 100th club appearance for manchester united at home for manchester united at home to leicester. the visitors took the lead against the run of play through skipper aileen wheelan. but united made it 1—1 midway through the second half with this header by maya le tissier. there were also wins for manchester city and spurs. in scotland in the women's premier league, celtic have made it ten wins in ten games. they defeated partick thistle 3—0 to maintain their lead at the top. paula duran opened the scoring on the half—hour mark — slotting the ball into the bottom corner. murphy agnew doubled their lead in the second half before chloe craig added the third. five other games today. big wins for rangers and motherwell. hearts and glasgow city both won away from home. and hamilton drew with montrose. more football on the bbc sport website and app including the draw for the fa cup first round proper. that's bbc.co.uk/sport that's all from sportsday. now the football news show with will perry looking at the new top of the league tottenham under ange postecoglou. ange postecoglou will leave with a 2- ange postecoglou will leave with a 2— to draw, front foot football, winning this match 2—0. three points for tottenham hotspur. they look like they will be challenged _ they look like they will be challenged. tottenham i they look like they will be challenged. tottenham ai they look like they will be - challenged. tottenham a different beast _ challenged. tottenham a different beast to _ challenged. tottenham a different beast to season. _ challenged. tottenham a different beast to season.— challenged. tottenham a different beast to season. super derby, ange postecoglou — beast to season. super derby, ange postecoglou seen _ beast to season. super derby, ange postecoglou seen his _ beast to season. super derby, ange postecoglou seen his side _ beast to season. super derby, ange postecoglou seen his side come i beast to season. super derby, angel postecoglou seen his side come from behind on two occasions. finally tottenham have beaten liverpool, nine man liverpool beat right at the end. still unbeaten, very much up there at the top of the table early on. this is the new spurs and they look good. but on. this is the new spurs and they look good-— on. this is the new spurs and they look aood. �* ., ., ., . j look good. but how good are they? welcome to — look good. but how good are they? welcome to the _ look good. but how good are they? welcome to the football _ look good. but how good are they? welcome to the football news i look good. but how good are they? | welcome to the football news show, coming about the programme. in—depth look at the current premier league table toppers tottenham hotspur and asked how can they stay at the top. is that possible? gary ma that will be here. we will ask how good the scorers. can they go the distance? —— gary mabbutt. take a screenshot, the greatest league start since 1960, the last time they won the league. former spurs captain and global club ambassador gary mabbutt joins us now, you must be getting excited? . . , . , ., joins us now, you must be getting excited? . . , . , . , . excited? fantastic start the season. after two or — excited? fantastic start the season. after two or three _ excited? fantastic start the season. after two or three years, _ excited? fantastic start the season. after two or three years, at - excited? fantastic start the season. after two or three years, at times . after two or three years, at times to watch. at the moment the positivity, optimism is something i haven't fell for a long time. we now haven't fell for a long time. we now have the best stadium in the world. two years ago myself and ozzy our dealers took franz beckenbauer around ourtraining dealers took franz beckenbauer around our training ground, he said it is the best we have —— he had ever seen. it is the best we have —— he had everseen. —— it is the best we have —— he had ever seen. —— ardilles. it is the best we have —— he had everseen. —— ardilles. it it is the best we have —— he had ever seen. —— ardilles. it is the decision making, we have been looking to win a trophy the last four years, the chairman brought in two of the biggest serial winners in the history of the game, neither can deliver, jose mourinho, antonio conte. we wanted to see spurs play football with a flair, imagination, with the joy, class and style that they really want to see football being played. they really want to see football being played-— they really want to see football bein .la ed. , ., ., being played. spurs fans are loving anreball, being played. spurs fans are loving angebali. have _ being played. spurs fans are loving angeball, have you _ being played. spurs fans are loving angeball, have you sensed - being played. spurs fans are loving angeball, have you sensed it i being played. spurs fans are loving l angeball, have you sensed it around the club? , . _, . angeball, have you sensed it around the club? , . . ., the club? there is a reconnect from the club? there is a reconnect from the board, — the club? there is a reconnect from the board, manager, _ the club? there is a reconnect from the board, manager, players, i the board, manager, players, supporters, everyone pulling in the same direction, there will be setbacks but i believe what you are seeing on the spurs fans' faces, the smiles, the smiles on the players' different team than the last couple of years and that is again down to ange postecoglou in my opinion. good coaches can do a good job but great coaches can do a good job but great coaches can do a good job but great coaches can make everybody around, the players, the staff, everybody, make them better players, better staff members, better people and better human beings. that is what ange postecoglou has the ability to do. he speaks intelligently, very articulate, gets across motivational style of what he wants to be done in a clear and precise way. share style of what he wants to be done in a clear and precise way.— a clear and precise way. are you startin: a clear and precise way. are you starting to _ a clear and precise way. are you starting to believe, _ a clear and precise way. are you starting to believe, gary, i a clear and precise way. are you starting to believe, gary, it i a clear and precise way. are you starting to believe, gary, it is i a clear and precise way. are you | starting to believe, gary, it is the best premier league start for tottenham hotspur but the best league start since the 60—61 season, the year you were born, a long time ago. the year you were born, a long time aro, ., ., ago. thanks for reminding me! there will be setbacks, _ ago. thanks for reminding me! there will be setbacks, we _ ago. thanks for reminding me! there will be setbacks, we all _ ago. thanks for reminding me! there will be setbacks, we all know- ago. thanks for reminding me! there will be setbacks, we all know that i will be setbacks, we all know that in football, always a curve ball around the next corner but everything that has been thrown at us so far we have been able to handle, we are looking for an exciting season of football. but we believe there is the possibility of success. . , ., y ., believe there is the possibility of success. ., . ~ , success. easier for you and ardiles sellin: success. easier for you and ardiles selling spurs _ success. easier for you and ardiles selling spurs around _ success. easier for you and ardiles selling spurs around the _ success. easier for you and ardiles selling spurs around the world i success. easier for you and ardiles selling spurs around the world at l selling spurs around the world at the moment?— selling spurs around the world at the moment? ~ , , . , _, the moment? absolutely, fans coming in with smiles — the moment? absolutely, fans coming in with smiles on _ the moment? absolutely, fans coming in with smiles on their _ the moment? absolutely, fans coming in with smiles on their faces, - the moment? absolutely, fans coming in with smiles on their faces, great i in with smiles on their faces, great to see. . ~' ,, in with smiles on their faces, great to see. . ,, i. , in with smiles on their faces, great tosee. . ,, ,_ ,., to see. thank you, gary. spurs fans dreamin: to see. thank you, gary. spurs fans dreaming about _ to see. thank you, gary. spurs fans dreaming about what _ to see. thank you, gary. spurs fans dreaming about what if, _ to see. thank you, gary. spurs fans dreaming about what if, the - dreaming about what if, the possibilities, what is probable? what did he stats say, chris, our statistics guy, what can we do for the tottenham hotspur fans? statistics guy, what can we do for the tottenham hotspurfans? excited after eight games or saying hold on after eight games or saying hold on a second? , , . ., ._ a second? there is still a long way to no but a second? there is still a long way to go but after— a second? there is still a long way to go but after making _ a second? there is still a long way to go but after making such i a second? there is still a long way to go but after making such an i to go but after making such an incredible star, 20 points from eight games, before the season in premier league history 28 teams have made as good a start and 26 of them finished in the top four. that is very good news, we have to go back 24 years for the last time a team had as good a start as tottenham and did not make the top four, john gregory's aston villa. 1998—99. for the real dreamers, 11 of those teams did go on to lift the trophy at the end of the season. let people dream. fans of the premier league after losing harry kane, thought not a top four challenge, how have they dealt with at statistics wise? thea;r with at statistics wise? they haven't really _ with at statistics wise? they haven't really missed i with at statistics wise? they haven't really missed him, i with at statistics wise? tie: haven't really missed him, they have scored 18 goals, more than manchester city and arsenal. james maddison, huge signing, joint most assists with five. but it is son scoring, we shouldn't be surprised. we can use expected goals to assess a player's finishing and how many they score more than we would expect they score more than we would expect the average player to score based on those chances, 32 more than expected. 109. fora those chances, 32 more than expected. 109. for a long time, 2015 onwards, a great finisher. losing harry kane, batman, a great loss but they have robin. it is interesting to see how he could move to being tottenham's main man. the to see how he could move to being tottenham's main man. the chances of anne tottenham's main man. the chances of ange postecoglou _ tottenham's main man. the chances of ange postecoglou getting _ tottenham's main man. the chances of ange postecoglou getting his _ tottenham's main man. the chances of ange postecoglou getting his hands i ange postecoglou getting his hands on the trophy, maybe? lanthem ange postecoglou getting his hands on the trophy, maybe? when people dream. champions _ on the trophy, maybe? when people dream. champions league _ on the trophy, maybe? when people dream. champions league place i dream. champions league place looking promising after a great start, son and madison, no europe, lots of reasons to be excited. outside of the statistics the football they are playing under ange postecoglou, you can understand why they are feeling good, the fans, right now, we will see.- they are feeling good, the fans, right now, we will see. thank you, aood to right now, we will see. thank you, good to see _ right now, we will see. thank you, good to see you. _ right now, we will see. thank you, good to see you, chris. _ right now, we will see. thank you, j good to see you, chris. tottenham will be returning from the international break without one of their top performers, bissouma out for the full game, how much squad depth? solomon, johnson, and also perisic out long term, but players coming back. a tricky —looking december for coming back. a tricky —looking decemberfor ange coming back. a tricky —looking december for ange postecoglou and the spurs fans. dan, the injuries are building up. it begs the question, how much squad depth to spurs have, quality and are for pushing towards the top four and potentially a title challenge? i think it is the biggest issue spurs have right now, the biggest caveat to the great start of the season. if you look at the first 11, they played more or less every league game so far this season, there is any player from that and i think the quality of the team, their ability to play ange postecoglou's way decreases dramatically in some cases, we will find out how important the second leg is. if they were to lose one of the centre halves or madison or son... there is a question at the moment whether it is a title challenge, it is early days, they are up there as it stands, over the course of the season they wouldn't be able to sustain that without getting new players in january, sustain that without getting new players injanuary, not enough for a title push, the squad depth, but looking good to return to the top four. ., . . ., , looking good to return to the top four. ., . . . , . , four. how crucial this transfer window before _ four. how crucial this transfer window before tottenham? . four. how crucial this transfer| window before tottenham? 12 four. how crucial this transfer - window before tottenham? 12 games four. how crucial this transfer _ window before tottenham? 12 games to go till little pins will daniel leavey invest, go big again? does the manager wanting to keep the balance? —— levy. the last two januarys, impressive business, bentancur, kulusevski. and then porro, key part of what ange postecoglou is doing. they have made big signings injanuary. if they are in the mix for the title or a top four comejanuary, there will be pressure to spend, i think. centre half, they cannot really afford to lose any players. finally on ange postecoglou, you have asked him many questions yourself, gives a great bit of copy and a sound bite for you, everyone is trying to get the killer question out of him? he is ureat killer question out of him? he is treat and killer question out of him? he is great and press _ killer question out of him? he is great and press conferences, i killer question out of him? he is great and press conferences, a i great and press conferences, a breath of fresh air. to go back to antonio conte, it felt like every week it was about his future, what was going to happen. he was very downbeat. ange postecoglou has encouraged fans to dream. he said it is not for him to limit their expectations. he is saying the right things, hitting the right notes. i think he is quickly dragging everyone associated with spurs along with him on thisjourney. there was scepticism from the media and supporters about his appointment, given his not working in one of the top five leagues in europe before. very quickly, he has won everyone over. they will hit a rocky patch at some point, i do not doubt it, but he has a lot of credit in the bank i think. . ~ , ., he has a lot of credit in the bank i think. . ~ i. think. thank you, dan, en'oy the internationali think. thank you, dan, en'oy the international break. i think. thank you, dan, en'oy the international break. dan i think. thank you, dan, enjoy the l international break. dan kilpatrick. that's all we have time for. all the latest episodes of the football you show on the bbc iplayer, goodbye for now. for most of you today has been dry. plenty of sunshine, glorious skies, and underneath the sunny skies, you could make out some snow on these mountains in glencoe. a beautiful picture from the keswick area, a particularly cold start in cumbria, minus four recorded in shap earlier. you can see the extent of the sunshine from the satellite picture earlier, but we did have a weak weather front across scotland bringing persistent rain into north highland, aberdeenshire up with showers around for western scotland. overnight, that zone of rain is going to push northwards across orkney and shetland, rain at times, otherwise a dry night with clear skies, turning cold again, temperatures in towns and cities getting down into a low single figures, but in the countryside, cold enough once again for a nip of frost. tomorrow, high pressure dominates, for most another dry day. across western areas, more in the way of high cloud, quite thick cloud as well, so bright or hazy sunny spells likely to come through at times, central and eastern parts of scotland and england having the best of the sunshine, but there are likely to be some showers, and a few showers at times for orkney and shetland. for tuesday, mist and fog patches to start the day, there will be some rain moving into parts of south—west england and southern wales towards the end of the day, temperatures starting to come up a little bit. and then for the middle part of the week, it is all change, an area of low pressure moving across the uk, bringing heavy rain and strong winds. we could see 25—40mm of rain building in here, causing one or two issues, but as well as the rain we will have strong winds developing, particularly for scotland, eastern coastal scotland, some patches of light rain developing here, with the best of any limited sunshine likely across the north—west of scotland. temperatures about average, 13—16 degrees. beyond that, heavy rain for thursday, that eases away, then low pressure coming in for friday with more heavy rain during the week. rain to end the week. live from london, this is bbc news. israel continues its bombardment of the gaza strip, with fighter planes and drones striking targets across the territory. the white house says israel has turned on the water supply in southern gaza following a conversation between president biden and the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. meanwhile, thousands of other palestinians continue to flee from the north of gaza — the un estimates nearly a million palestinians there have now been displaced. and the us secretary of state antony blinken is to return to israel following talks in the region — he says that israel should take every precaution to avoid harming civilians. the way that israel does this matters. it needs to do it in a way that affirms the shared values that we have for human life and human dignity. hello, i'm ben thompson. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says the military is ready to begin at any moment a ground offensive aimed at crushing hamas.