this is bbc news. the headlines... rival protests by far—right and anti—racist groups are being held in several cities across the uk. there are pockets of disorder, with several police officers injured. the unrest comes on the heels of a third consecutive night of violence in sunderland. tensions remain high in the middle east over the assassinations of the hamas leader ismail haniyeh in iran as well as a key commander of hezbollah. the us is to deploy additional warships and fighterjets to the region to help defend israel from possible attacks by iran and its proxies. track and field takes centre stage on day eight of the paris olympics, as we count down to the women's 100 metre final in the next hour.

now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night with me, chetan pathak. this saturday night coming up on the programme... this saturday night the latest from paris on day eight of the olympics. there's disappoinment for britain's dina asher—smith as she fails to qualify for the women's 100 metres final. history—maker rhys mcclenaghan wins pommell horse gold for ireland, dethroning the defending champion max whitlock, who misses out on a medal at his final 0lympics. 0n the final day of rowing, there's gold again for britain as they finish with a record medal haul in the sport for an overseas games. and imane khelif, the boxer at the centre of the gender eligibility row, is guaranteed a medal after reaching the semifinals.

also coming up on sportsday before eight... away from the games — the scottish premiership season is under way as rangers are frustrated by hearts on the opening day. welcome along. thank you forjoining us. it has been an eventful a0 minutes in the stade de france where we've seen the semifinals of the women's 100 metres. there'll only be one british woman in tonight's final, and that's daryll neita. no dina asher smith who failed to qualify — and no two—time olympic champion shelly—ann fraser—pryce who's pulled out. 0ur correspondent natalie pirks is there for us.

it has all been going on! it started with dina asher—smith, for the second 0lympics with dina asher—smith, for the second olympics in a row, frustration for her. huge frustration, she is the fastest british woman in history, the european champion of the 100 metres, and she came fifth in the semifinal. second 0lympics and she came fifth in the semifinal. second olympics in a row, but in tokyo she was struggling with injury, but this time she has come here feeling good. she doesn't really know what has gone on. she still does have the 200 metres in the relay to come, but let's have a listen to what she had to say when she came fifth. i'mjust came fifth. i'm just disappointed, came fifth. i'm 'ust disappointed, because rm — came fifth. i'm 'ust disappointed, because m in — came fifth. i'm just disappointed, because i'm in great _ came fifth. i'm just disappointed, because i'm in great shape - came fifth. i'm just disappointed, because i'm in great shape and i l because i'm in great shape and i have been running great all season. i fully expected to make the final. the race wasn't even fast, so i'm very disappointed. ijust the race wasn't even fast, so i'm very disappointed. i just felt great. very disappointed. i 'ust felt areat. �* very disappointed. i 'ust felt ireat, �* , ., ., very disappointed. i 'ust felt areat. �* ., very disappointed. i 'ust felt areat. ., ., ., great. and so for you now, to re-collect _ great. and so for you now, to re-collect and _ great. and so for you now, to re-collect and go _ great. and so for you now, to re-collect and go forward? i great. and so for you now, to l re-collect and go forward? i'm excited to _ re—collect and go forward? i�*rn excited to attack the 200, but again

very disappointed. i should have made, yeah. and it was fifth, too, but the big news before that semifinal was that shelly—ann fraser—pryce, the two—time 0lympic shelly—ann fraser—pryce, the two—time olympic champion, had pulled out. she came second fastest in the heats. she didn't make it to the start line, so that was the huge news, and then again, in that semifinal, it was big news for saint lucia julien alfred, and she has never had an olympic medal for any sport before, she is now in the final. she beat in that semifinal should richardson, and they talked about in the studio, that if alfred gets that chance in the final, it could be amazing news for saint

lucia. jamaica have won the last four 0lympic golds, and the final comes up and around an hour. she feels really good, she got to the olympic final in tokyo, and she is 0lympic final in tokyo, and she is hoping very much for an upgrade, and coming up very soon, we have got the 400 metres relays, a national record in the heats, world silver medallists, uk, so very much hoping to get great britain off the mark with a medal in the athletics. absolute, we look forward to that. we we re a cross were across the main�*s 100 metres heats earlier, and louis hinchcliffe on his debutjust outstanding, but then real heartbreak forjeremiah as. yes, his

individual olympics _ heartbreak forjeremiah as. yes, his individual olympics are _ heartbreak forjeremiah as. yes, his individual olympics are over, - heartbreak forjeremiah as. yes, his individual olympics are over, he - heartbreak forjeremiah as. yes, his individual olympics are over, he has got the relay to come, but he said he heard a noise in the crowd, jeremiah azu, it is noisy, as you can probably hear, and he was the only one who heard the noise. he wanted to run under protest but he wasn't allowed. then we have louis hinchcliffe who has had an absolute fairy tale. he came from relative obscurity, he has come to the british trials and won, and he is now here and in his heat he beat the world champion, noah lyles. so obviously a long way to go, but he said to himself, thejob is not done. i don't want to get ahead of myself. the is coached by carl lewis, nine time 0lympic myself. the is coached by carl lewis, nine time olympic gold medallist, so he has got great people in his camp in terms of this 0lympic experience, so this is all going very well for him, and zarnel hughes is also through to the semifinals. fantastic stuff. thank you for

keeping across all of that, and our correspondent natalie pirks, in paris, thank you. it was a dramatic few hours earlier at the gymnastics. rhys mcclenaghan making history winning ireland's first ever olympic medal in gymnastics — and it was gold! disappointment though for great britain's most successful gymnast max whitlock at his final games. our sports news correspondent laura scott was watching it all. max whitlock had come into these games seeking history. he had won gold in rio and gold in tokyo, then he took an 18 month break from the sport as he dealt with mental health struggles, but he came here to paris wanting to do himself proud with his daughter willow in the crowd, and he did make himself proud, but it wasn't a spot on the podium, because he knew he needed perfection against such a quality field in that pommel horse final, and itjust wasn't such a quality field in that pommel horse final, and it just wasn't the cleanest routine he has done, and

the score reflected that, so ultimately he finished fourth. it was a bittersweet swansong for him, but whilst he didn't make history, rhys mcclenaghan did, giving ireland theirfirst ever medal rhys mcclenaghan did, giving ireland their first ever medal in the gymnastics, and that was a truly incredible routine that he performed on the pommel horse, so, yes, max whitlock handing over the reins of the pommel horse to rhys mcclenaghan. and in the floor final, a bronze medal a little laterfor games, in the vault final, but whatever happens there, he knows he leaves paris with an olympic medal around his neck. simone biles, we are running out of superlatives for her, incredible day for her yet again. i superlatives for her, incredible day for her yet again.— for her yet again. i know, we are runnina for her yet again. i know, we are running out _ for her yet again. i know, we are running out of — for her yet again. i know, we are running out of things _ for her yet again. i know, we are running out of things to - for her yet again. i know, we are running out of things to say - for her yet again. i know, we are | running out of things to say about simone biles, she is that brilliant, but this was her third gold of the games, and it came in the vault final. she did it in emphatic style,

including nailing her the biles ii vault, with difficulty scores so high that the rest of the field knew that it would take a fault for biles for them to make that goal, but she has done it again. she wears that diamond goat necklace around her neck, cementing her status as the greatest of all time, and she is not done yet, because later in the games, she goes in the final in the floor and the beam, and who knows what she could achieve in those? more to come from simone biles. what a contrast from the tokyo 0lympics for her, and talking of that contrast we remember after the tokyo games, there were questions about what had gone wrong for britain in rowing. they won no gold medals in the boat park. what a difference three years makes. the team has ended what's been an outstanding paris games for them with their third gold medal in the sport after victory in the men's eight this morning. neck and neck with the netherlands

for the first thousand metres, they managed to open up a slender lead in the second half of the race, crossing the line just a second ahead of the dutch boat, with the us collecting bronze. this british team are now european and world and olympic champions. meanwhile, the women's eight also made it onto the podium, picking up the bronze medal. following a tight battle with the canadians for second throughout the race, they were eventually pipped to the line behind overall winners romania. the team's cox henry fieldman, who steered the men's eight to bronze in tokyo, also made his own personal bit of history, by becoming the first person to win an olympic medal in both men's and women's events. it's been a stunning performance from gb�*s rowing team with three golds, two silver and three bronze. of the ten boats that made it to paris, eight are going home with medals. it's the highest total the team's ever achieved at an overseas 0lympics. they picked up ninee at home in london during the 2012 games. with their thoughts here are two

legends of the sport. matthew pinsent and katherine grainger. it is extraordinary, and we keep saying from a turnaround two years ago, it is a dramatic change of fortune, huge credit to the enormous amount of people, clearly everything i think we have spoken to have gone above and beyond at this regatta. they're all giving credit to the coachesin they're all giving credit to the coaches in the videos and the psychologist and nutritionist and all the amazing people that make this happen. fiend all the amazing people that make this happen-— this happen. and we have seen a chance of this happen. and we have seen a change of generation _ this happen. and we have seen a change of generation of - this happen. and we have seen a change of generation of crew - this happen. and we have seen a. change of generation of crew after crew, _ change of generation of crew after crew, talking about being inspired at sydney — crew, talking about being inspired at sydney. they have had a message from the _ at sydney. they have had a message from the sydney eight, their coach was martin— from the sydney eight, their coach was martin mcilroy, with the straight _ was martin mcilroy, with the straight man in sydney, steve jack ma, coaching the british ate today. the change — ma, coaching the british ate today. the change of generation handing on the button, — the change of generation handing on the button, handing on those experiences and producing results from one — experiences and producing results from one games to the next. and richard from one games to the next. fific richard chambers was from one games to the next. fific richard chambers was an olympian himself, he coached that women's eight to their bronze medal, so i think what you see is this wonderful

moment of, we know the athletes by name in their fortunes, moment of, we know the athletes by name in theirfortunes, naturally they will have lives beyond the moment on the lake, so they'll grow onto an incredible things and return to the sport to play different rolls and add to future generations. fiend and add to future generations. and the british team have done brilliantly. what other moving parts within _ brilliantly. what other moving parts within a _ brilliantly. what other moving parts within a rowing team? we are not top nation, _ within a rowing team? we are not top nation, i'm _ within a rowing team? we are not top nation, i'm sure the netherlands have _ nation, i'm sure the netherlands have captured that. britain comfortable in second place. people slipping _ comfortable in second place. people slipping back, australia have gone back, _ slipping back, australia have gone back, itaiy— slipping back, australia have gone back, italy have had a quiet regatta. _ back, italy have had a quiet regatta, romania have done brilliantly. the moving tectonic plates— brilliantly. the moving tectonic plates of— brilliantly. the moving tectonic plates of world rowing never stop. they never— plates of world rowing never stop. they never stop, and also we very much working olympiads, so this is the end of an era, and we will see who retires, who stays on, who continues at the coaching side in the athlete side, and we will that next year and in four years in la when we are looking at which of the nations are on the rise again.

31 medals up for grabs on saturday at the olympics. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines from the games today the british trio of carl hester, lottie fry and becky moody have won bronze in the equestrian team dressage event at the chateau de versailles, putting behind a turbulent build, up that saw moody replace charlotte dujardin on the eve of the games. germany took gold ahead of denmark. emma wilson has won bronze in the women's windsurfing final. she'd dominated the opening series, but couldn't repeat that success in today's final, finishing behind italy's marta maggetti and israel's sharon kantor, who took silver. maggetti's gold is herfirst olympic medal, having finished fourth at the last games. adam peaty�*s returned from covid, what he said was physically the "worst week of his life", to help the men's 4x100 metre medley relay team through their heat today. team gb finished second to the usa and qualified fifth fastest

for the final tomorrow night. tommy fleetwood is currently third in the men's golf with only one round left to play at le golf national tomorrow. he's on 13 under par after three rounds, only one shot behind co leadersjon rahm of spain and xander schauffele of the usa. and after beating iga swiatek, china's zheng xinwen has won gold in the women's tennis singles. the 21—year—old beat croatia's donna vekic in straight sets to become the first chinese player to win singles gold in a tennis event at the olympics. next, boxer imane khelif, whose gender eligibility has been called into question, is guaranteed a welterweight medal after beating hungary's luca anna hamori. the algerian is one of two boxers competing at the olympics despite being banned from last year's world championships by the international boxing association after she was reported to have failed gender eligibility tests, a situation which has sparked huge controversy. our sports editor dan roan

has more from paris. imane khelif�*s participation at these paris olympics was already highly controversial, because the algerian is one of two fighters that the committee has allowed to compete in paris despite failing an unspecified gender eligibility test according to the boxing association when it was organising the world championships last year. now, imane khelif won her first bout, and today she was in the quarterfinals against the hungarian fighter and a look at her moray. hamori she felt it was unfair to be fighting an opponent who apparently reportedly failed this gender test. but today was not as convincing as her first bout, when her opponent withdrew after 46 seconds, but she did win on a unanimous decision.

afterwards, i spoke to hamori, but first of all, imane khelif. how do you feel? is the first medal in boxing woman in algeria, i'm very happy. i want to take on the world. it was a great fight, and i wish good luck to her in the future. early on, the ioc president responded to the criticism that his body has received, and the mounting concerns over whether or not they prioritised inclusion over safety by holding a media conference and insisting that imane khelif and anotherfighterfrom taiwan, lin yu—ting, who was also disqualified by the iba last year, had met the deserving of their place in this competition. the iba, which is a russian led organisation, has been

suspended by the ioc amid concerns over integrity and governance issues, and the ioc are adamant that the tests that were applied to these fighters were arbitrary, and they have questioned the validity of them, but now that imane khelif is guaranteed a medal, the controversy is unlikely to go away. it's been a golden olympics for belgian cyclist remco evenepoel. he won the men's time trial on day one of the games and he's followed it up with victory in the road race today. but there was drama. evenepoel was clear of the field when he had a problem with his bike a quick change was needed. the team mechanic got him going again just in the nick of time the belgian was back on the road quickly enough. he had more time than he thought, enough to savour the iconic finish in front of the eiffel tower.

he's the first man to win the time trial and road race at an olympics. a great race for france too, valentin madouas held on to take the silver medal, while behind him christophe laporte won the sprint for bronze. the women's road race is tomorrow. let's bring you up—to—date with what is happening away from the olympics. the scottish football season is under way from the premiership down. celtic get the defence of their title under way tomorrow. first up this lunchtime was last season's third placed side hearts against runners up rangers. despite ending goalless it was entertaining, as nick parrott reports. it has been a difficult summer for rangers with delays to work on the stadium and poor results pre—season, so kicking of the campaign against hearts at tynecastle wasn't going to make life any easier. they drew 3—3 on the final day of last season, and looked vulnerable from the start with lawrence shankland setting the tone. philippe clement has been in charge of rangers for less than a year.

he signed a contract extension, butjames penrice showed his side are still a work in progress. the hosts were providing plenty of heart stopping moments before rangers finally showed some intent. connor barron was signed forfree, but looked impressive. dessers, the nigeria forward, was left frustrated more than once. as the match wore on, the chances became less clear—cut. it was a gripping game for the neutrals, but ultimately a frustrating one for both sides, who will need to be more clinical if they are to challenge champion celtic this season. nick parrot, bbc news. the day's only other premiership game between motherwell and ross county also ended goalless. football fans are being warned to be aware of ticket scams after new analysis suggested reports of the crime rose by a third last season. lloyds bank reported a thirty—two per cent increase in its customers falling victim to scammers.

marc ashdown has more. the football season is about to kick off, with top fixtures routinely sold out, getting to see a live rat his —— getting to see a live match is rare for some fans. it often starts in a social media sites. scammers typically post fake adverts, sometimes using pictures of real tickets. they convince fans to send their money by bank transfer, then the scammer and the tickets disappear into thin air. analysis by lloyds bank showed that during the last football season, there was a 32% rise in customers reporting they had fallen victim to a tickets game. arsenal and liverpool fans were the most targeted, and the average loss was £177, but some fans reported losing more than a thousand fans. younger fans losing more than a thousand fans. youngerfans aged losing more than a thousand fans. younger fans aged between 18 and 34 made up two thirds of those targeted.

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let's return to the olympics now. france is continuing to compete this weekend in the 3x3 basketball, but some athletes are not allowed to represent their country due to their religion. the hijab is banned by some sports in france, and last year, that was extended to potential olympic athletes. amnesty international says it's having a "devastating" impact on muslim women and girls. rhia chohan reports. basketball helped me to be a better person, to have discipline in my life and become the best version of myself. but in france, sally is banned from competing in the sport she loves. lastly, moments before she was due to captain herteam, the referee told her she was only allowed on the court if she removed her hijab. i was upset, because this is the country that i was born, and today theyjust put me on the side, so i was upset because that is unfair. there is no other option.

you see me like this, and you're not going to see me another way. here at a community basketball court in the 19th district, she is hosting her own session, a safe space she calls it for all women and girls regardless of whether they wear the hijab. cases like sally's have become increasingly familiar since the ff bb, which governs french's basketball, banned religious headgear in 2022. people think that if you are wearing the hijab, you are only in the kitchen, you are doing nothing in your life, but i'm the example. i'm notjust a muslim, i'm notjust a woman wearing the hijab, i am an entrepreneur, and were working in marketing, i have a masters degree and i'm playing basketball, so why are you putting me on the side? the ffbb says its rules uphold france's principles of secularism which originate from a 1905 law and stricter government legislation brought in three years ago.

but amnesty international says this violates muslim sportswomen's human rights. after experiencing the same ban at grass roots level, legal professional helene co—founder the campaign group which advocates for hijab wearing athletes. it targets a minority group and infringes on people's rights, and that should be everyone's concern, because we are pushing further and further away the limits, and violating even more rights, and so today it is us, tomorrow it may be you. france's hijab ban on its olympic team has been criticised as going against the fundamental principles of the games. but speaking to the bbc earlier this year, the paris 2024 chiefs said it was a domestic matter. it is up to the countries, the delegations and national olympic committees to decide if they want another rule in place. she has enjoyed a successful college career in the active state

a decision later to win the hijab. having already won a silver medal for france, she had dreams of representing the french team at home games. i never had the opportunity, i and playing the french national team, it is the dream of every athlete. - representing their country. so i think it would have been just amazing, especially - if you are at home, l and having my family come and support me. it is very hypocritical to talk about freedom and human rights but also not to allow- muslims or their citizens to show who they are, l show their face. i feel like there is . a huge contradiction.

this olympics makes history as the first to achieve full gender parity. but with the rules as they are, many french muslim women are yet to feel that sense of equality. that's all from sportsday. a big power to come at the paris olympics, and i can tell you that the mixed 4x100m final in the swimming will not feature adam peaty, he has not been selected, and dina asher—smith has not qualified for the final. rhys mcclenaghan making history for ireland with their first gold medal in gymnastics, the first medal of any colour, in fact. gymnastics, the first medal of any colour, infact. from gymnastics, the first medal of any colour, in fact. from the bbc news now team, goodbye. s

hello there. if it's been too hot and humid of late for you, you're probably really pleased with how this weekend is shaping up. it's been quite cloudy, hasn't it? and noticeably fresher, but not great news if you wanted sunshine at the beach. this was swanage in dorset a few hours ago, the cloud thick enough for a spot or two of drizzle, and the second half of the weekend looks likely to carry on on a similar story. a grey start for most of us brightening up a little bit later on, but there will be more significant rain pushing into the north west, all tied into this area of low pressure and the winds strengthening with it as well. further south, we've got this brief ridge of high pressure keeping things largely quiet but pretty overcast. gusts of winds then in excess of 40 miles an hour with the arrival of that rain into scotland, particularly on those exposed west coast. but by the middle of the afternoon, the cloud should start to thin and break. there'll be glimpses of sunshine from time to time, and temperatures peaking from 20 to 23 degrees, the rain turning quite heavy, though the brighter yellows and greens denoting this into northern ireland and gradually pushing in to western fringes

of scotland as well. it may well stay dry during daylight hours from aberdeen down to edinburgh, but fresher here 15 to 18 celsius the overall highs. now that area of low pressure is not moving very far, very fast. the warm front eases away but then as the cold front moves in, we'll see some heavier rain developing and at the same time the wind direction coming from the southwest. so that's going to tap in, albeit briefly, to some more heat and humidity. not for all of us, but central and eastern england where we see the best of the sunshine. it is going to feel quite humid once again, some really heavy bursts of rain developing into northern ireland and western scotland. we'll need to keep an eye on that. that could have an impact, largely seeing 50 to 70mm of rain before that system clears through. but look at the temperatures highs of 26 or 27 degrees. that's 80 fahrenheit. once again that weather front clears through, bringing some light rain for the southeast, but we keep low

pressure to the north as we go towards the end of the week. the azores high always trying to sneak in to the south. that's where the best of the drier, brighter weather is likely to be, but it stays pretty changeable and fresher the further north and west you are. live from london.

this is bbc news. rival protests by far—right and anti—racist groups are being held in several cities across the uk. there are pockets of disorder with several police officers injured. it follows days of unrest after the killing of three young girls in southport. the home secretary says thuggery has no place on britain's streets. we are making sure that there are prosecutors, there are sufficient prison places and that the court stand ready because anyone who engages in this kind of disorder needs to be clear that they will pay the price. the us and the uk are urging their citizens to leave lebanon amid escalating fears of an all—out war between israel and the lebanese militant group hezbollah. track and field takes centre stage on day eight of the paris olympics, as we count down to the women's 100 metres final in the next few minutes.