all the way by serbia. away from the olympics — west ham are having a busy summer in the transfer market, could kurt zouma be about to leave? hello there, and welcome along to the programme. another big night of headlines at the olympics on thursday — with the track providing plenty of drama. the men's 200 metres saw a surprise winner take home the gold and there was a new world record set, in the women's 400 metres hurdles. that was down to a stunning performance from the usa's sydney mclaughlin—levrone, breaking her own world record time. mclaughlin—levrone was uncatchable on the final straight, the defending champion improving on her own record time set earlier this year — 50.37 seconds this time — and was far ahead of compatriot 50.37 seconds this time —

and was far ahead of compatriot anna cockrell, who won silver, and the netherlands�* femke bol, who took the bronze. there was a shock somewhat in the men's 200 metres, where all eyes were on noah lyles, who was hoping for a sprint double at the games, to add to his 100 metres crown. not to be for him though — he was below par and tested positive for covid after the race. the headlines belong to botswana's letsile tebogo though, who won gold. it was a first olympic gold in botswana's history — as tebogo came home in a winning time of 19.46 seconds, ahead of the americans�* kenny bednarek, who took silver, with lyles having to settle for bronze. for me, i can be the face because i'm not an arrogant or loud person like noah, so i believe noah is the face of athletics. france's benjamin thomas lit up the olympic velodrome. and delighted the home fans by winning gold in the men's

omnium despite coming off his bike. the 28—year—old was fourth in tokyo three years ago, but finished 11 points clear of portugal's iuri leitao with belgium's fabio van den bossche taking bronze. the omnium is made up of four different endurance races — the scratch, tempo, elimination and points — with riders scoring points in each for an overall total. team usa basketball survived a scare against serbia in the semifinals on thursday. the united states trailed by as much as 17 points in the second half, but outscored serbia 32—15 in the final period to narrowly escape and win 95—91. so the likes of lebron and steph curry can shift their attention to the olympic final, where they'll face the host country france and young phenom victor wembanyama. the netherlands won gold in the men's hockey, thanks to a dramatic penalty shoot out victory over germany. it was 1—1 in regulaton time, both goals coming in the fourth quarter — so penalties decided matters. duco telgenkamp scored the crucial one.

dutch keeper pirmin blaak saved three shuffles as his side won the shoot—out 3—1. victory gave the dutch their third 0lympic men's title and first since they beat south korea on penalties at sydney 2000. earlier, india secured the bronze, after beating spain 2—1. china won its sixth gold medal in diving on thursday as it stays on track for an unprecedented sweep of all eight at the games. china has dominated diving for decades but never has taken all eight golds. the defending champion xie siyi secured gold with 100 points in his final dive of the three metre springboard. his compatriot wong zonyuan took silver. mexico's 0smar 0lvera ibarra won bronze. great britain'sjordan houlden and jack laugher were fifth and 7th. the first gold of the day on thursday came in the women's 10k marathon swim. this event, like the triathlons last week was in doubt because of pollution levels in the seine, with practice scrapped a few days ago, but the race was given the go—ahead, and it was the netherlands

sharon van rouwendaal who took gold, just as she did in rio 2016, she won silver in tokyo as well. australia's moesha johnson claimed silver and italy's ginevra taddeucci took bronze. great britain's leah crisp was 20th. there was a gold for team gb in the sailing — thanks to ellie aldridge. bringing great britain's total up to 13. it's the first time the women's kite has been at the olympics, so the win a moment of history then for aldridge, and gb. the discipline involves competitors flying above the water, at up to a0 knots powered by huge kites. aldridge opted to use a smaller 15 square metre kite as opposed to 21 metres and spoke about that decision afterwards. big gamble. i think there's always going to be a risk of going, doing something different to everyone else but i went out on a 21 to begin with and i don't know, i could have stayed on it but ijust

thought that was something, something inside me made me think it's not right and i want to do something that my gut feel right, and i'm comfortable with. you just have to know how to race on a different kite compared to everyone else and the strengths and weaknesses of the strengths and weaknesses of the different kites and yeah, i felt comfortable and yeah, it was good. lost her finals to panama making history by becoming the first representative of the refugee team, taking home runs for reaching the finals. synchronised swimming — rebranded some years ago as artistic swimming — is a sport that demands an incredibly high level

of fitness, flexibility and strength. the action starts on friday. team gb�*s duo won britain's first medals in the event and they came out on top, in the paris test event. here they are to tell us all about it. hi, i'm kate and we're the team gb... we have two events across two days. we get markedly different ways. artistic impression, difficulty... the two scores gets combined to give one medal place. we use an underwater speaker but we don't get to touch the bottom of the pool. we hold our breath for roughly one minute 50. it never gets easier. we were like six or so when we met.

yeah, izzy's auntie actually taught me both of our mums used to some together. used to swim together. full circle moment to know that we're carrying on that legacy. we definitely got to know each other really deep level and we spent so much time together that we've literally become one person. often we will traded the self go out cereal for flu so it's easy for the coach to correct both of us at the same time. we have managed to submit our place. it's even more exciting because this plan we're

really going there with a focus in mind. we really want to get on that podium, so i think our hearts are really in it this time to go for the results and notjust the experience and see where we can. we are really fighting for those top spaces. good luck to both of them. away from the olympics — west ham are having a busy summer in the transfer market, spending over £100 million so far. they could recoup some of that by letting kurt zouma leave. their club captain is closing in, on a move to the united arab emirates. he's been in talks with dubai—based shabab al—ahli, with a deal expected to be reached over the coming days. he's one of the highest earners at the hammers since his arrivalfrom chelsea three years ago — and his current contract expires next year. 0n the eve of the start of the english football season, sports governing bodies have met with government officials to discuss how they can calm rising tensions during the worst riots in a decade. violence in towns and cities in england and northern ireland over the last ten days has resulted in hundreds of arrests. the north east of england

is one of the areas that's been affected, and on thursday the newcastle manager had this message: newcastle is my home and no—one associated with newcastle united want to see anything in the streets. it is an amazing place with brilliant _ it is an amazing place with brilliant people. ijust hope there's no conversation, there's no aggressive scenes. we want to promote inclusivity for everyone connected with newcastle and we want to see the place respected how it should be. a new role gold record and a historic first ever gold in the olympic with botswana. in the 0lympic with botswana. in the men's 200 metres. let's check the metal table before we finish, and that gold has the usa just out finish, and that gold has the usajust out in finish, and that gold has the usa just out in front with 30,

one ahead of china. australia are next with 18 some way back with the host nation, france on 14. great britain are fifth on 13 after that gold in the sailing. that's it from us. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. we did have a lot of cloud through thursday afternoon, and with that came drizzle, some heavier outbreaks of rain across northern portions of the uk, for example here in stirling. with that rain, some low cloud and misty conditions. the air�*s actually been very humid. the humidity caused by south—westerly winds brought in by a warm sector cold

front out in the atlantic is going to be spreading fresher air in from the west over the next few hours, and with that, drizzle will tend to ease away from scotland, northern ireland, northern england and wales, eventually leaving the rather humid air to start the day on friday across east anglia, south—east england, where there could well still be a few patches of drizzle, a bit of mist around, too. but that lot should clear out of the way quite quickly, and then we're looking at those fresher conditions spreading across all of the uk. sunny spells widespread. 0k, there could be some patches of cloud at times across england and wales, won't be completely gin—clear sunny skies, and there will be some showers, particularly for western scotland, one or two possible for northern ireland and north wales. but there will be a lot of dry weather through the afternoon and plenty of pleasant, warm spells of august sunshine. now, for the weekend, we have weak weather fronts pestering england and wales, bringing a rather mixed weather picture here. cloud will vary through the day. it will tend to come and go. there could be a few patches of rain, but equally some warm spells of sunshine. the sunniest weather, though, will be further northwards for scotland, northern ireland, northern england. could be a few showers, though, for western

scotland once again. temperatures widely climbing into the low to mid—20s, so again it's going to feel warm in that august sunshine. but then, for some of us, it gets hot on sunday. the reason? well, we get this ridge in thejet stream. that encourages air to descend over parts of the uk, and that boosts temperatures. now, the hottest weather on sunday will always be across parts of england and wales. to the north—west, we're going to have to watch this area of potentially heavy, thundery rain. it could get into northern ireland and western scotland through the day, so it certainly won't be hot and sunny absolutely everywhere, but it will be pretty humid for most of us. and in the sunshine across england and wales, yes, you do have hot weather, high 20s to low 30s. sunday night and into monday, quite extensive, heavy and thundery outbreaks of rain across the uk. could cause some localised surface water flooding issues, but towards the south—east and probably parts of east anglia, it's another hot day — temperatures peaking somewhere between 30—33 celsius before those temperatures drop away again as we head into tuesday. bye for now.

you're with newsday, live from singapore. the headlines. nobel laureate mohammed yunus is sworn in to lead the new government in bangladesh following weeks of deadly protests. donald trump says he's prepared

to take part in three election debates with his democratic opponent kamala harris. and the eight day trip to space that could now last eight months. why a group of astronauts may not return to earth until next year. it's 8:00 in the morning here in singapore, and 6:00 in the morning in dhaka, bangladesh where the nobel peace laureate muhammad yunus has been sworn in as interim leader. he says his priority is to restore law and order. bangladesh has seen weeks of turmoil sparked by demonstrations over civil service job quotas. more than 400 people are believed to have died, after the protests became a broader anti government movement.

from the capital dhaka, samira hussein has the latest.