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this is bbc news, the headlines. around a hundred and fifty people are arrested in violent unrest breaking out in english cities — as far—right rioters storm a hotel in rotherham housing asylum seekers. and in middlesborough crowds have broken through a police line — attacking officers and throwing objects at them. in bolton — an emergency order is in place to prevent people from covering theirfaces — with many hidden behind balaclavas. the prime minister says he'll do whatever it takes to put a stop what he calls �*far right thuggery�*. i want you to know this violent mob do not represent our country and we will bring them to justice. in bangladesh a nationwide curfew as more than seventy people
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including fourteen police officers — are killed in anti—government protests. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday this sunday night with me chetan pathak with the latest from the olympics and elsewhere. coming up on the programme... oh, so close but having to settle for silver — britain's tommy fleetwood just misses out on being olympic champion. and it's the same story for amber rutter in the shooting after a dramatic and controversial ending to the women's skeet. and can anyone stop american superstar noah lyles in tonight's 100m final? british rising start louie hinchcliffe beat him in the heats and is dreaming big. also coming up on sportsday before seven... golden moment — pure emotion
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from novak djokovic. after winning every other major title he is finally an olympic champion. so many emotions. i want to cry, laugh, jump, scream, all at once, it is the best feeling i have ever had. and away from the games celtic make a winning start to the scottish premiership season. welcome along, thank you forjoining us on day nine of the olympics. we start with golf where great britain's tommy fleetwood was on the brink of gold before falling agonisingly short against the world number one scottie scheffle in an enthralling finale in paris. the american shot a brilliant final round of 62, which included nine
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birdies to finish on 19 under par. fleetwood was level with scheffeler, before this crucial moment on the 17th saw him drop a shot. he still had a chance to take it to a play off, but this had to go in on the 18th. and it threatened to but didn't. after that it was scheffeler who took the gold for the united states to further cement his status as the best player in the world. japan's hideki matsayama winning bronze, whilst rory mcilroy, competing for ireland of course, finished joint fifth withjon rahm. i loved playing today and having a run at a gold medal, it is the most amazing feeling, it really was. of course i'm disappointed, disappointed that i couldn't go all the way but i also can't believe i am stood here as an olympic
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medallist, whatever that is. a lot of feelings. and he was nervous for me. you always want to do the best you can, you either win a tournament or you lose it, so yeah, i was nervous and i was desperate to get the silver medal when i couldn't get gold. one of the special things about it as you watch all these athletes training their whole lives to get an olympic medal and i can't believe i am here and i got one. just missing out on gold has been a theme for team gb today. three years ago amber rutter got covid on the eve of the tokyo olympics, today she finally got her hands on an olympic medal. it was silver for her in the women's skeet shooting final, but it could have been more. she and chile's francisca crovetto chadid were tied so the match went quite literally to a shoot—off. with the score still level rutter felt she had hit both targets but was only given one after a review. slow motion replays appeared to show she did hit both targets. crovetto chadid then hit her final
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two clays to take gold. plenty of debate and discussion after that controversial end to the final. for rutter still a day to remember, she was competing after giving birth in april. i truly hope this does inspire women out there, regardless of whether it is shooting or sport or whatever you are passionate about in life, that when you have a baby your life doesn't stop, theyjust come along for the ride with you. i really hope i can inspire some other women or mums out there who want to start a family. you have to do whatever makes you happy and family is the most important thing. it's one of the blue—riband events of the olympics and is among the highest profile competitions at the games. not long now until the men's 100 metres final. american superstar and world champion noah lyles the favourite but britain's new sprinting sensation, louie hinchcliffe, is dreaming big too, having beaten lyles in their heat. let's take you to the stade de france where our sports editor
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dan roan is in position. it promises to be electric tonight. after that defeat to hinchcliffe in the heat noah lyles said, "i am not going to let that happen again." it's been such a sudden rise to prominence in recent months for hinchcliffe, nerveless so far, how might he handle tonight? and heats are one thing, can anyone stop noah lyles? well, in terms of can anybody stop noah liles, a lot of the clever money is going towards the shane thomson because he is the fastest man on the planet this year, the jamaican. i think he recorded 9.77 in the jamaica national championships, which was a real statement. many people think he is the man to watch tonight. ahead of a mouthwatering evening as you say, the 100 metre final for the sprint is, almost a pre—eminent event in
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any olympic games. in answer to who else might be in contention, we can look at sarno hughes alongside louis hinchliffe, the other british hope, and he is also through to the semifinals, he was unlucky in the final three years ago in tokyo, the first british man in 21 years to make the starting to slide over hundred metre final, but he was disqualified after that. it. the stadium is hushed after these 400 metre heats behind me. you mention hinchcliff and he was known at the start of the olympic year, a 22—year—old from sheffield, but not any more. he won the college championships in the states earlier on this year. he is based in houston and is trained and coached by the elaborate legend carl lewis himself. he was greeted by noah lyles in the final race before coming to the stadium. but he then made his response in the heats yesterday when
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he beat noah lyles, a surprise victory, to qualify for the semifinals in a few minutes�* time from now. then there is no allowance himself, double gold in the world championships at 100 metres and 200 metres. many people think he is the nearest thing that sprinting has had since the retirement of usain bolt. many people see him as the man to beat. it is a mouthwatering semifinal and final ahead. last niuht we semifinal and final ahead. last night we were _ semifinal and final ahead. last night we were gearing up for the women's100 metres. disappointment for dina asher smith last night not making the 100 metres final meanwhile daryll neita so close to a medal, but there's fresh hope for them in the 200 metres. that is right. the heats for that took place earlier on today, and the semifinals and final is tomorrow, but there are three british sprinters that have qualified for the semifinals. dina asher—smith is
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among them and it was hugely disappointing for her to fail to qualify for the 100 metres. she said to our colleague sarah mulkerrins after that heat that she was really angry. she ran atjust over 22 seconds and looked pretty good for the semifinals. maybe that disappointment will be a huge motivator for disappointment will be a huge motivatorfor her. then daryll disappointment will be a huge motivator for her. then daryll neita did make the final and came agonisingly close to a medal, missing out by 41 hundredths of a second, coming fourth. nonetheless, the first british woman in decades, 60 odd years, to do so well in the final of the women's100 metres. she is through to the semis. then bianca williams as well, the third of the trio making it through. and the 200 metres now is wide open because shericka jackson, the world champion, is out, she has withdrawn having failed to recover from injury. the 100 metre champion,
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julian alfred is also in the semifinals, and there will be a lot of momentum from her, having become the first medallist from st lucia to win in the 100 metre final last night. again, like with the men, mouthwatering competition in progress ahead of the semifinal and final. absolutely, look forward to it. dan rowan at the stade de france. great britain have won their fifth equestrian medal of the olympics as lottie fry won bronze in today's individual dressage. she won the same colour medal in the team event yesterday. our sports news correspondent laura scott has more now from the chateau de versailles. settings don't get much more iconic than this, but today the individual dressage final was being held amid a difficult backdrop, giving the ongoing controversy surrounding that video of british dressage shark star charlotte dujardin excessively
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whipping a horse. but in the absence of charlottes, another one rose to the occasion for team gb, this time charlotte fry, and her aptly named black stallion glamour dell. she said it would be the best of british with french twang when it came to her music and that is what the crowd here definitely got with the national anthems of both great britain and france in there, with a mix of spandau ballet and robbie williams as well. her form was not quite enough to go top of the podium. she came out and was in second and with rewrite are still to go she thought a spot on the podium had passed her by. here is what she had passed her by. here is what she had to say about her reaction when she found out the bronze was hers. i wasjust accepting the she found out the bronze was hers. i was just accepting the fourth place and i was happy with it and we were on our way back to the stables and then suddenly we thought we alljust check the scores and suddenly it was bronze and a lot of screaming going on. . ., ., , , on. her team-mate carl hester is competing _ on. her team-mate carl hester is competing at _ on. her team-mate carl hester is competing at his _ on. her team-mate carl hester is competing at his seventh - on. her team-mate carl hester is competing at his seventh olympic games and he finished in sixth. but
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he told me afterwards he wasn't entirely sure whether this would be his final olympics, he wants to go home and regroup before making a decision. and betty moody on her olympic debut, what a time she has had. she was here as a reserve for charlotte dujardin but more than stepped up to the plate on a horse called jagerbomb and during their test they were dancing to tom jones' sex bomb. she told me she had hoped to send a positive message about the partnership between her and her horse. . , ., ., ., ., , horse. that is what a lot of people don't net. horse. that is what a lot of people don't get- they — horse. that is what a lot of people don't get. they think _ horse. that is what a lot of people don't get. they think we _ horse. that is what a lot of people don't get. they think we are - horse. that is what a lot of people i don't get. they think we are making them do this. they wouldn't do if they didn't want to do it. he goes in there and he is like there are 16,000 people watching me and is brilliant. the years go higher and more forward and that is what they want to see a bit more of. the sources love doing this. that concludes — sources love doing this. that concludes the _ sources love doing this. that concludes the dressage - sources love doing this. that concludes the dressage at i sources love doing this. that concludes the dressage at the paris 2024 olympic games, but the arena tomorrow have the individualjumping qualifiers continue before the final
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on tuesday. so far team gb have had a medal in every single one of the equestrian disciplines, so can they make it a clean sweep? just to bring you up—to—date with the swimming there. it's the final night of the swimming at paris' la defense arena and great britain haven't managed to add to their medal haul. the british men's 4x100 medley relay team — ollie morgan, adam peaty, james guy and duncan scott — were in with a chance swimming in lane 2, but finished fourth. china took the gold, ahead of the usa and france. it's the first time the usa have been beaten in this event. there was a world record broken in the men's 1500 metre freestyle as the usa's bobby finke led from start to finish, breaking the old mark set by china's sun yang at london 2012 and defending his olympic title in the process. daniel wiffen won bronze for ireland.
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in the women's 50 metres freestyle, it was sweden's sahra sjostrom who came out on top, edging out australia's meg harris and china's zhang yufei to win her second gold of the games and the united states rounded off the action in the pool with a world record of their own in the women's four by 100 medley relay. they broke their own previous mark by a second. australia took silver and china took bronze. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines today at the olympics. in gymnastics, harry hepworth�*s become the first british man to win a medal in the vault. he took bronze with jake jarman one place behind in fourth. great britain's wait for a first olympic men's hockey medal since 1988 continues after they lost to india at the quarter—final stage.
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with the scores level at 1—1 it went to a tense shootout, kumar pal scoring the winner here to make it 4—2. and charlotte purdue has pulled out of next weekend's women's marathon because of an ankle injury. she was set to make her olympic debut but will now be replaced by clara evans. right, he has done it. might have to move a little bit here. might have to move a little bit here. novak djokovic has finally done it after 16 years. he's won the one remaining major title that was missing from his collection. he's become just the fifth player after steffi graf, andre agassi, rafael nadal and serena williams to complete the golden slam of winning all four major titles and an olympic gold medal in the singles after beating carlos alcaraz in straight
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sets in today's final. top of your screen, djokovic was outstanding despite knee surgery a couple of months ago. despite losing to his opponent carlos alcaraz at wimbledon just three weeks ago, he saved eight break points across an epic first set and after an hour and a half edged it on a tie break. the second set went the distance too. alcaraz, so good at coming back, had no answers today. djokovic's forehand got stronger somehow and so the 37—year—old beating the 21—year—old. a dream come true for djokovic. a 24—time grand slam champion, the most successful man in tennis history in terms of titles, is now finally an olympic champion and you can see what it means to him. the emotion pouring out as he celebrated with his daughter and his family. you can see what it meant to him, a man driven by records,
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who knew this was his last realistic chance for gold. iam i am overwhelmed with all the emotions right now, to be honest. it is hard to describe, i have waited for this moment all my life, all my career. the first time i participated in the olympic games was in 2008 and i won the bronze medal there. was in 2008 and i won the bronze medalthere. since was in 2008 and i won the bronze medal there. since then i have played another two or three semifinals in the olympic games and failed to reach the finals, so the pressure was mounting every next olympic games. at age 37 with no title this year i didn't know what my chances really were, but i always believe in myself and i know if i am well—prepared i can win against anybody. playing for my country was always the greatest honour. having my family and my daughter cara and my family and my daughter cara and my wife here and my son stefan with me here to witness that, but not only to witness it in the finals, but to have them old enough to realise what is happening is just,
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but to have them old enough to realise what is happening isjust, i don't know, so many emotions. i want to cry, laugh, jump, scream, all at once. it is the best feeling i have ever had. ., , ., ~ ever had. one more question. where does this rag — ever had. one more question. where does this rag in _ ever had. one more question. where does this rag in your— ever had. one more question. where does this rag in your career? - ever had. one more question. where does this rag in your career? 24 - does this rag in your career? 24 grand slams, eight year—end world number ones and the davis cup, let's not forget that, where does this right? not forget that, where does this ri . ht? ., ., , ., right? right at the top. i mean, i have been _ right? right at the top. i mean, i have been blessed _ right? right at the top. i mean, i have been blessed with - right? right at the top. i mean, i | have been blessed with incredible achievements in my career in this book, i have one pretty much everything and this was the only thing missing and that was something in my mind all these years. i really wanted to get that extra step and fight for a medal at the age of 37 again playing against the reigning roland garros and wimbledon champion, alcatraz, who is in form, competing with a 21—year—old and battling three hours and two sets is something inexplicable and i am super proud and joyfulfor something inexplicable and i am
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super proud and joyful for it. next to a surprise winner of the women's road race in the cycling — the 31—year—old american kristen faulkner winning gold. a crash split the field, as the race entered paris for three laps of a circuit around the city centre. the british team were in the hunt, 23—year—old pfeiffer georgi was best placed. she couldn't quite stay with the leaders but finished fifth. it was looking like a four—way battle for gold until faulkner, the usa national champion, got away from her rivals and arrived under the eiffel tower on her own to take the biggest win of her career. taiwan's lin yu—ting has become the second boxer at the centre of a gender eligibility row to secure a medal at the olympics. lin beat bulgaria's svetlana staneva by unanimous decision to reach the semi—finals of the women's featherweight division.
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like algerian welterweight imane khelif who progressed yesterday, lin is competing in paris despite being banned from last year's world championships by the international boxing association after reportedly failing gender eligibility tests. earlier, the international olympics committee claimed tests used by the iba were illegitimate and lacked credibility. i think the whole process is flawed and therefore it is not up to me as and therefore it is not up to me as a spokesperson or medical expert, but the whole process i understand was flawed from the very beginning, from the conception of the test, and to have it shared with us and now it has become public it is so flawed it is impossible to engage with it. it doesn't mean there can't be a process in the future, that we can't discuss this, but the specific test and also the credibility of the iba as it is, it doesn't give any credibility to those tests or the method in which those tests were carried out.
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the scheduled swim training for monday's mixed team triathlon was cancelled for the second day in a row after concerns over the water quality in the seine. olympic organisers made the decision on today's session because the water had dropped back below the required standard after heavy rain towards the end of last week. it comes after the men's triathlon had been postponed by a day to wednesday because of poor water quality. we are expecting improvement in the next hours. i don't have the last figures but we are expecting improvement regarding the weather forecast. as we have seen, the sun and heat have very positive impacts. we are hopeful that we can organise a competition tomorrow. let’s we are hopeful that we can organise a competition tomorrow.— a competition tomorrow. let's move our focus away _ a competition tomorrow. let's move our focus away from _ a competition tomorrow. let's move our focus away from the _ a competition tomorrow. let's move our focus away from the olympics i a competition tomorrow. let's move| our focus away from the olympics for a while and talk football now.
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after a goal drought in the two matches on the opening day of the scottish premiership there's been a glut today with 11 across three games. the champions celtic have got the defence of their title underway with a comfortable win, as nick parrott reports. celtic clinched the title with a 5—0 when against kilmarnock at the end of last season. they had not lost at home on the opening day for 74 years, so an upset against the same opposition seemed unlikely. the hosts were relentless from the start and were rewarded with a quarter of and were rewarded with a quarter of an hour goal when hit at a stroke. they briefly took their foot off the gas, allowing kilmarnock forward, but they failed to test new signing kasper schmeichel. celtic ended the first half like they had started it and defender liam scales will gift his first goal since before last christmas. the game was over as a contestjust christmas. the game was over as a contest just before the christmas. the game was over as a contestjust before the hour mark, nicholas kuhn had hit the bar in the first half, but the german had more luck this time. substitute defender anthony ralston wrapped things up
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with a finnish striker would have been proud of. they will face tougher encounters this season, especially in europe, but the minimum theirfans especially in europe, but the minimum their fans demand especially in europe, but the minimum theirfans demand is winning the title and three points is the perfect start. nick parrott, bbc news. believe it or not, just a day into the scottish football season we've had the first managerial sacking — raith have parted company with boss ian murray, following yesterday's defeat at airdrieonians. it comes just two months after he guided the club to the scottish championship play—off final. elsewhere today dundee came from behind twice to deny dundee united victory on their scottish premiership return in their first derby in more than two years. there were three goals in the opening 22 minutes with miller thomson giving the hosts a 2—1 lead at half time. but dundee finished the stronger and after a penalty was awarded with around ten minutes left luke mccowan earned the visitors a share of the points. in the day's other game st mirren beat hibernian 3—0.
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in cricket, england opener zak crawley has been ruled out of the test series against sri lanka later this month with a fractured he suffered the injury while attempting to take a catch at second slip in the third and final test against west indies at edgbaston last week. dan lawrence will open alongside ben duckett in crawley�*s absence. the first test against sri lanka starts in manchester in just over a fortnight. it's been a day of mixed fortunes for toyota at rally finland. eight time world champion sebastien ogier claimed his third victory of the season, despite only driving part time this year for the japanese team. that result saw the frenchman move above his team mate elvin evans and into second in the drivers�* championship after the briton crashed out on the first corner of the penultimate stage. toyota also lost another car when reigning champion kaller rovanpera hit a rock on the same stage, ending his hopes of a first home win. no—one was hurt.
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italy's enea bastianini added to his saturday sprint victory by completing the british motogp double. he overtookjorge martin on the penultimate lap at silverstone. second place was enough to move him above third placed francesco bagnaia in the riders' championship. time before we go to give you a quick look at the medals table heading into the final couple of hours of day nine at the olympics. china are still leading the way with goals in gymnastics and swimming. great britain are fifth with no gold medals today, but two silvers. that is all for today, thank you for being with us. goodbye. hello. our sunday story so far has
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been a rather cloudy one and if you get to see some sunshine it will be fleeting glimpses, as depicted in morgan in cornwall. there is also cloud and rain further north and west pushing its way through northern ireland and western fringes of scotland. cloudy skies generally through scotland and north—west england and wales. if we get some brightness it is likely to be further south and east and temperatures peaking at 23 degrees, so down on the last few days. the wind will continue to strengthen to the north and west, gusts in excess of 45 miles an hour, and the rain will be quite heavy in western scotland and we could see as much as two to three inches of rain before it eases away. a wet night here. elsewhere, we will start off on monday morning with that rain lingering for a time. some of it is quite heavy across western scotland. eastern scotland should be largely dry and bright first thing in the morning. a fairly narrow but intense
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band of rain moves through northern ireland and quite a lot of cloud generally in the irish sea, picking up generally in the irish sea, picking up a spot or so of drizzle. it is the east of the pennines that sees the east of the pennines that sees the best of the brightness. with the wind direction reverting back to the south—westerly, bringing in some very warm air through the near continent, it will feel quite humid once again and temperatures should peak across much of eastern england at 26 and 27 degrees, close to 80 fahrenheit. as we move through monday night into tuesday, the frontal system with a pretty narrow intense band of rain will bring weather and sinks further south. it stays quite warm in the south where we have that heat and uncomfortable night. at the risk of rain first thing in the morning, great news for gardeners and growers across lincolnshire in south—east england. a little bit of welcome rain, brightening up behind and scattering showers into the far north—west. 16 to 19 degrees and highs of 24 or 25
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could be possible in east anglia. but low pressure is never too far away, sitting up in the far north—west and once again by the middle of the week. that is how we will see the remainder of the week panning out. scotland and northern ireland, showers and longer spells of rain, drierand ireland, showers and longer spells of rain, drier and warmer in the south.
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around 150 people are arrested in violent unrest breaking out in english cities — as far—right rioters storm a hotel in rotherham housing asylum seekers. in southern england — hundreds of people are gathering on weymouth seafront — with police creating a wall between opposing crowds. and in middlesbrough — crowds have broken through a police line and attacked officers. in bolton — an emergency order is in place to prevent people from covering theirfaces — with many hidden behind balaclavas. the prime minister says he'll do whatever it takes to end the violence. i want you to know that this violent mob do not represent our country and we will bring them to justice. these are the scenes live in rotherham — we'll have the latest from our correspondents on the ground and analysis of what's going on.
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