from tennis for four years for anti—doping violations. england beat scotland in hampden park in one of the oldest rivalries in world football. and in the nfl — a blow for the new yorkjets as aaron rodgers is ruled out for the rest of the season with an achilles injury. we start with tennis, and two—time grand slam winner simona halep has been banned for 4 years for anti—doping violations. an independent tribunal determined the 31 year old romanian had committed "intentional" violations — but she refutes the findings, and intends to appeal

against the decision at the court of arbitration for sport. our tennis corespondent rusell fuller says that as things stand, she won't be able to compete again until october 2026. pretty much the most severe been a player can receive, unless they are able to prove that they had no intent to take drugs. and this independent tone tribunal has as you said, decided that it was intentional and it's based on 2 findings. 1 was the positive urine sample that she returned at the us open last year in 2022 for a drug that is used to treat anemia. 3 independent experts decided, suggested very much that doping had taken place. so there is also this toileting of

contaminated supplements and the panel have accepted her argument that she took a supplement that was contaminated, but that could not have explained the volume of the drug that was in her system. another 8 games have been completed in the european championship qualifiers. group a's top side scotland were hopeful their qualification would be sealed if norway versus georgia ended in a draw but that wasn't the case. second placed spain thrashed cyprus. in group c, currently led by england, italy moved up to second by beating ukraine, while north macedonia won in malta. in group f, belgium's big win against estonia keeps them top of the group on goal difference, austria are second after beating sweden.and in group i, leaders switzerland beat bottom side andorra, israel are up to second after beating belarus. and the referee had to take the players off in the game between romania and kosovo for more than half an hour, due to crowd issues.

it's the oldest rivalry in world football, and it's certainly still one of the most keenly competed — and that was very much in evidence at hampden park tonight, as england beat scotland 3—1 in a friendly. phil foden opened the scoring for the visitors after 32 minutes with a close range finish, with jude bellingham adding another just 3 minutes later. scotland pulled one backjust after the hour as substitute harry maguire turned the ball into his own net. but the two goal lead was restored late on by harry kane, inflicting only the second home defeat for scotland in their past 20 games in all competitions, leaving their fans deflated. inaudible england have played really

well, it's more of a hopeful upward. well, it's more of a hopeful uward. ., ., , well, it's more of a hopeful uward. ., , upward. scotland player scored, the lace upward. scotland player scored, the place went _ upward. scotland player scored, the place went wild _ upward. scotland player scored, the place went wild when - the place went wild when mcguire got the only goal. something to celebrate. it was a friendly. _ something to celebrate. it was a friendly. a — something to celebrate. it was a friendly, a qualifier - something to celebrate. it was a friendly, a qualifier so - a friendly, a qualifier so well— a friendly, a qualifier so we'll be _ a friendly, a qualifier so we'll be in germany and i'll be there — former spanish football federation president, luis rubiales, has been summoned to appear in court on friday in connection with the investigation into his kiss on the lips ofjenni hermoso after the women's world cup final. according to a madrid court statement, rubiales will appear before an examining magistrate "to be heard as an accused" and to respond to accusations of "sexual assault". he stepped down as the spanish football federation's president on sunday but has continued to defend himself over the kiss. meanwhile, premier league side everton are close to being sold to miami—based investment firm 7—7—7 partners. the cash strapped club, resumed discussions

with the american company after talks with msp sports capital collapsed in august. the takeover would bring to an end the turbulent ownership of farhad moshiri, who first invested in 2016. everton have picked upjust one point from their opening four games so far this season. to the nfl, where it's been confirmed that new yorkjets quarterback aaron rodgers will miss the entire season, after he suffered an achilles injury on his debut. rodgers, whojoined from the green bay packers, in the off—season, was injured in the first quarter of thejets' overtime win over the buffalo bills on monday. an mri scan has revealed he suffered a torn left achilles and will be out for the remainder of the 2023 season. i don't know anything medically, butjust mentally speaking, we are all very aware, aaron has said this himself, that he was 98% retired, mentally. in february,

before he went into his retreat. when he came out of that he realized that he still wanted to play football. now that can discerns me because the other player that was openly speaking about being at the end of his career, thinking he was retired, how does this injury, this very serious injury, this very serious injury with a long recovery. taking him out of this entire season, how does that affect his mental state? if i had to predict, i don't see him coming back to play the game. you can extend your career as a quarterback, but i think it's really tough because defensive ends are so athletic and fast and quick, and when you get older you just feel that even more, and you really have to get the ball out quickly which is not what aaron was doing last night. meanwhile, at the rugby world cup, england's tom curry has been banned for 2 matches, after attending a disciplinary hearing following his red card against argentina. curry was sent off for head contact in the third minute of england's opening game of the tournament. an initial yellow card was upgraded to red by the new bunker review system.

he was handed a 3 match suspension, but that will be reduced if — as expected he completes world rugby�*s coaching programme on tackling. tom curry obviously a world—class player, proven it time and tying them again. really fortunate, what happened, but knowing tom as we all do, the next time he plays for england he'll no doubt have a big impact on both sides of the ball. cricket and england's women were denied the chance to complete a one—day internatioanl series victory against sri lanka in northampton — the game was abandoned due to bad weather. england won the toss and decided to bowl first four sri lanka batters were dismissed without scoring, captain chamari athapaththu hit a run—a—ball 3a for the tourists, but after she was trapped lbw by charlie dean the innings unravelled. as the visitors stuttered to 106 for 9, off just under 31 overs. but then the rain came down

and brought a halt to play. both sides will head to leicester on thursday for the last odi in the series, with england leading 1—nil. with england leading 1—0. a 16 year old from worcestershire is celebrating after winning gold for great britain at the world junior powerlifting championships in romania. dorje weston triumphed in the bench press discipline. the teenager isjuggling his sport with studying for three science a levels. nick clitheroe reports. back to business, georgie weston has onlyjust returned for the trial of the world, european title as well. it’s for the trial of the world, european title as well. it's a cuick european title as well. it's a quick turnaround, _ european title as well. it's a quick turnaround, won - european title as well. it's a quick turnaround, won the l quick turnaround, won the a—level student is really relishing. a-level student is really relishing-— a-level student is really relishinu. �* ., , ., relishing. i'm not sure how much better _ relishing. i'm not sure how much better i'm _ relishing. i'm not sure how much better i'm going - relishing. i'm not sure how much better i'm going to l relishing. i'm not sure how. much better i'm going to get, if i do a bench, there's not bad much time, but squatting deadlifts i think i will take a big boost on them. so i'm excited to see what i can do. he won bench press gold at the

worlds with 1112.5 kilos, breaking his own british record. when he went into the event hampered by a back problem. i event hampered by a back problem-— event hampered by a back roblem. ~' ., ., problem. i knew i would do well there but i _ problem. i knew i would do well there but i never _ problem. i knew i would do well there but i never thought - problem. i knew i would do well there but i never thought i - there but i never thought i would be the best in the world. it's mind blowing. he had been training for the last year in birmingham.— training for the last year in birminuham. . ., _ , ,, ., birmingham. nice easy session for yourself. — birmingham. nice easy session for yourself, just _ birmingham. nice easy session for yourself, just make - birmingham. nice easy session for yourself, just make sure - for yourself, just make sure we're keeping the technique 100%, getting as close to that record as we can, that's1 100%, getting as close to that record as we can, that's 1 of the most long—standing records from 1 of the bench pressers in the world, if you can get close to that it would be me amazing. for the age categories, he's very determined. he's got his head screwed on to and i really think you can keep pushing on and hopefully get to the highest level.— and hopefully get to the highest level. and hopefully get to the hi . hest level. . ., , highest level. the metal was only achieved _ highest level. the metal was only achieved with _ highest level. the metal was only achieved with the - highest level. the metal was only achieved with the help | highest level. the metal was| only achieved with the help of the local community, crowdfunding the students trip to romania. he's hoping to continue a golden summer when

the europeans began in budapest. bbc news, birmingham. and there'sjust enough time for a quick recap of our top story tonight. two—time grand slam winner simona halep has been banned for 4 years from tennis for anti—doping violations. halep says she intends to appeal against the decision at the court of arbitration for sport. you can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. for at least part of wednesday, we can expect a window of fine weather overhead. if we take a look at the satellite picture. we can see the rain—bearing clouds that affected parts of england and wales during tuesday. behind me, there is another weather system that will be working into the north—west later on wednesday. but in between, a slice of clear skies, quite a cool,

in fact, chilly start for some on wednesday morning, but some spells of sunshine. starting the day then across the highlands, very close to freezing with a touch of frost in places. compare that with 16—17 around some coasts of eastern and south—eastern england, where we start the day with a bit more clouds, still some humid air in place, but it will turn fresher and brighter here as the day wears on. a big slice of sunshine, but then by lunchtime we'll see rain splashing into northern ireland and then that will get into western scotland by the middle of the afternoon with a strengthening wind. temperatures north to south, 14—21 degrees. and then as we head through wednesday evening, we'll see very wet weather for northern ireland, western scotland. that rain overnight getting down into parts of northern england, eventually parts of wales turning very windy in the north—west of scotland with gales for a time. it is going to be a mild start to thursday, certainly much milder in the highlands, but generally 11—14 degrees for thursday. this area of low pressure to the north—west of

scotland bringing some very strong winds. this dangling weather front bringing a band of cloud and rain. that front�*s to start off sitting across parts of mid—wales and into the midlands. it may well be that the rain peps up again as we head into the afternoon. to the south of that, some sunshine and some warmth. returning to the north of our weatherfront, a mix of sunny spells and showers. and then for friday, it looks as if our weather front will start to move northwards again. so some heavy and persistent rain for parts of northern ireland and perhaps most likely southern and central parts of scotland. feeling pretty disappointing in glasgow and edinburgh underneath that rain. further south with some sunshine, temperatures up to 25 degrees. and then as we head into the weekend, well,it looks like low pressure will try to push up from the south and that will bring showers or longer spells of rain in our direction. there could be some pretty intense downpours, maybe some thunderstorms and turning a little warmer and a little more humid.

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