coaching methods were also reported to have been a key factor in 15 players refusing to play for the national side last year. montse tome now becomes the first woman to be appointed as coach for the national team. she will take charge of their upcoming games against sweden and switzerland. she had been part of vilda's coaching staff, most of whom resigned, along with 81 players who have refused to play for spain until rubiales resigns. spanish football journalist bea redondo believes that vilda's sacking was inevitable. following the events that happened after the world cup, he was one of those that were signalled as supporting rubiales�* action, but also kind of been playing an active role in trying to contain jenni hermoso from speaking up, also trying to kind of force herfamily into kind of conditioning her. so in a sense, he is notjust

a coach that has won a world cup, he has also played an active role in this kind of misogynist culture within the federation that the players are now speaking up about. jordan henderson says he was really hurt after being criticized forjoining the saudi pro league this summer. the england midfielder, who is in camp with the national team ahead of their euro 2024 qualifiers, moved from liverpool to al—ettifaq and has now given his first interview to the athletic. he has been a vocal supporter of the lgbtq+ community. same—sex activity is illegal in saudi arabia. in the interview, he says, "my intention was never, ever to hurt anyone. i do care about different causes that i've been involved in, and different communities. and for people to criticize and say that i turned my back on them really, really hurt me." he added, "all i can say is that i apologise. i'm sorry that i've made them feel that way, but i haven't

changed as a person." well, a week today, scotland played england in a friendly at hampden park. before that, they play cyprus in their euro qualifier in larnaca. preparations are already under way for friday's game, with scotland hoping to continue to continue their perfect start. they could even secure qualification if results go their way. they sit top of group a after four consecutive wins. in all my years working with football teams, this is the most focused group of people i've worked with, which is a really good thing, and that's an honour for those guys, because i've worked with some good teams, some good players, but these guys are right on it. well, wales have a friendly against south korea to contend with in cardiff on wednesday, before an away euro qualifier against latvia on monday. the welsh have won only one of their past 12 games, leaving them struggling in fourth in group d. we've just got to go into each game now with the mentality that we want them three points.

we've got to fight so hard, like we always do, but the last two games we played, it wasn't us, it wasn't wales. it kind of felt like we were a different team. it just weren't us. we know we have to do better and the results weren't great, but now we've got to draw a line under that and hopefully we can put it right with these two games coming up, obviously starting with the friendly on thursday. mason greenwood says he is happy to be at getafe as he was officially presented and trained in front of the home fans for the first time with his new club. last week, manchester united said greenwood would leave by mutual consent after a six—month internal club investigation. it came after criminal charges against the player, including attempted rape and assault, were dropped in february. the 21—year—old joined the spanish top—flight side on friday

on a season—long loan. cricket now, and new zealand have beaten england in the fourth t20 international at trent bridge, squaring the series 2—2. jonny bairstow hit 73 from 41 balls for the home side, while dawid malan and liam livingstone both got 26, england making 175—8. kiwi opener tim seifert provided a quick start, 48 from 32 balls for him. glenn phillips took on the charge with 42 from 25. the tourists winning by six wickets with 16 balls to spare. so the sides will next meet in the first of four one—day internationals in cardiff on friday. to the us open tennis now, where the men's world number two novak djokovic is into his 47th grand slam semi—final, and that is more than any man in history. the 36—year—old serb was up against american ninth seed taylor fritz, who he has beaten in all previous seven encounters. the 24—time grand slam winner

progressing in straight sets. obviously, it's a huge opportunity every single time i step out on the court at this age, at this stage of my life, you know, i don't know how many more opportunities i'll get. so i'm trying to enjoy as much as i possibly can. in the women's draw, american teenager coco gauff stormed into the semi—finals for the first time, a dominant victory for her over latvia's jelena 0stapenko. the 19—year—old won 6—0, 6—2 injust 67 minutes, becoming the first american teenager to reach the last four since serena williams in 2001. a lot of the stats have aligned with her, and people find, you know, new things to think about. i was the first teenager in the quarters, and now semis, so i'm guessing if i win they're going to be, like, finals. so it'sjust going to keep going. but like i said, i never take it for granted. she's my idol. now, we're just three days away from the start of the rugby world cup in france, and it's been a difficult build—up

for the beaten finalists from four years ago. england's campaign will get under way on saturday against argentina. they'll be hoping to put their three warm—up defeats behind them. england scrum—half danny care sat down with the bbc sports editor dan roan to discuss the squad's form and the expectations. if we are slightly off it, they will win the game. so we know we respect them. we know how good they can be. but there's a real belief in this squad that we've not shown anything really yet of how capable we are, and we can't wait to rip in. can england find a way ofjust sort of clicking back into form when it matters most? we need to. we know we need to. the players know we need to. we are 100% accountable for the four games that have gone by. they did mean a lot. but at the same time, this is the real deal. hopefully we've got the bad stuff out the way in those games and we've learned the lessons. but it's down to us now to perform on saturday

because we know we haven't been good enough. we know that. we've let a lot of fans down and a few people might be asking a lot of questions about us. we know there's a lot of outside noise, but trust me, we're working incredibly hard to try and right those wrongs and learn from it. and just finally, i guess you'd much rather be in the position of, say, ireland who've had great form recently. they've had that in the past, of course, at world cups, then have chequered form. but do you think in a way it kind of takes a little bit of pressure off that there isn't the same level of expectation that usually accompanies england at a world cup? yeah, maybe us being underdogs might be a good thing. i think englishmen being talked down a little bit and come in as underdogs normally do all right, so we know that we haven't been good enough, but we also know no points have been awarded yet in this world cup. so we are desperate to go out there and show everyone what we're all about and saturday and i'm confident we're going to do that. also heading into the tournament in uncertain form,

wales, and coach warren gatland has been talking about the condition of his squad ahead of their opener against fiji on sunday. the whole 33—man squad trained in versailles, gatland is set to name his side on wednesday. wales have won just three matches in their last 13 tests. fiji beat england last weekend. gatland admits he still has decisions to make about his team selection. the last couple of weeks, we've had a few niggles. we sort of had players just not taking a full part in training. nothing serious, but just little wee bumps and things, and a couple of little backs and shoulder. and so, you know, they've all been rehabbed and everyone's fit. which is a real positive place for us to be in. and world number one side ireland take on romania in bordeaux on saturday, and this year they will hope to finally get past the quarter—finals for the first time. former captain and now forwards coach paul o'connell believes sticking to the fundamentals will pay off.

sometimes you feel like you come to a world cup and you need to reinvent the wheel a little bit. i think we want to evolve and get better, for sure, but it's not about reinventing anything. and those are my two lessons. all the build—up and coverage of the rugby world cup to come across the bbc. remember, you can stay right up to date using the bbc sport website and app. we'll see you again soon. bye—bye. hello there. our september heatwave is set to continue with more sunshine around the corner over the next few days. now, temperatures on tuesday reached 30.8 celsius in hampshire. we don't see 30 degrees every single september. we had similar kind of temperatures back in 2021 and 2020. now, so far this year, the highest temperature

we've recorded all year was 32.2 celsius and we're going to get really close to that during wednesday. if we get past 32.2, well, that becomes something quite unusual. there have only been four years in the last century that have had the hottest temperature of the year recorded in a september. so we'll be keeping a close eye on that stat. now, right now, we've got some low cloud filtering in and around some of our north sea coasts, a little bit of mist and fog around as well, but otherwise clear and starry skies and pretty warm as well. temperatures only towards dawn getting down to around 15 to 17 celsius. now, you might have been hearing about the extreme rainfall we've seen across south—east europe with some severe flooding here. we're underneath this area of high pressure, though, and that's what's bringing us the fine, settled and sunny weather. so we've got more of that to come on wednesday. any morning mist and fog, low cloud will tend to burn away from these eastern coasts and then the sunshine

comes out. it's going to be another hot day. temperatures quite widely in scotland and northern ireland reaching the mid 20s. but for england and wales, somewhere between 26 and 32 degrees for most of us, very hot for the time of year and could be the hottest day of the year so far. now, for thursday, more of the same to come. a few subtle changes — there'll be a little bit more in the way of high cloud across north—western areas, making the sunshine little hazy. and you'd be unlucky, but you could see an odd shower in the west as well. most, though, will continue with the hot, dry, sunny weather with those high temperatures as well. for friday, probably a little bit more in the way of mist and fog patches running both through the irish sea coasts and also our north sea coasts. but aside from that, it's another dry day with lots of sunshine around for the vast majority. top temperatures, well, again, mid to high 20s, pretty widely. low 30s in the very hottest areas. and we've got more of the same into the weekend. it's only really probably during the second part of the weekend and more especially next week, that we start to see the weather pattern breaking down, rain starts to arrive and those temperatures drop closer to normal

for the time of year.

live from washington. this is bbc news. former proud boys leader enrique tarrio receives the longest sentence yet related to the january 6th insurrection at the us capitol. cuba accuses its long—time ally russia of trafficking its citizens to fight in ukraine. plus, construction workers cut a hole through the great wall of china, sparking global outrage. hello, i'm carl nasman. enrique tarrio, the former proud boys leader, was sentenced to 22 years in prison on tuesday for orchestrating the january 6th capitol riot, the longest

sentence for anyone involved in the 2021 insurrection. the proud boys were among the first to march on the capitol the day of the riot. they overran police lines and stormed the building to prevent congress from ratifying joe biden's 2020 presidential election victory. tarrio joins zachary rehl, ethan nordean, joseph biggs and dominic pezzola as prominent members of the proud boys who have been sentenced. 0ur correspondent wyre davies was at the courthouse as the sentence was handed down. enrique tarrio was the last and most senior member of the proud boys to be sentenced for his role in the violent insurrection of january the 6th 2021 when supporters of donald trump tried to violently stop the constitutional and peaceful transfer of power from one president to another. even though wasn't present here in washington, dc on the day of

the riot, after he had been arrested