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closest of scotland, temperatures at closest to 21. a high of 23. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: michael gove returns to the cabinet as environment secretary as the prime minister reshuffles her cabinet. liz truss has been demoted from justice secretary to chief secretary of the treasury, replaced by david lidington. damain green becomes first secretary of state. senior tories publicly back the prime minister as speculation continues about her future. and in france, counting begins in the first round of parliamentary elections with new president emmanuel macron‘s party tipped for victory. now on bbc news, sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm james pearce. the headlines this evening: ten is the magic number. raphael nadal wins a record—breaking french open title. england win the world cup.
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a memorable victory for the under—20s. and the canadian grand prix gets underway with a bang as carlos sainz and felipe massa crash on the opening lap. it's been an historic afternoon in paris where rafael nadal has become the first man to win the same grand slam tennis title ten times. his record—breaking victory in the french open final was as one—sided as all his other matches at this year's tournament. he only dropped six games while beating stan wawrinka in straight sets. tim hague reports. it must be difficult to comprehend winning nine french open titles but, for rafael nadal, this was all about number 10.
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while nicole kidman and co came to see the spaniard made more history, stan wawrinka would attempt to stop him — easier said than done. nadal looked every bit the supreme leader here. his shots simply too good with a first—set score of 6—2, which proved it. this great champion then produced a moment befitting of it. that something to remember for a long time. you had to feel sorry for the swiss. his bestjust wasn't good enough, smashed aside in the second set before it was more of the same in the third. the man who has done it all in tennis of course added another chapter to his incredible career. no longer nine, now ten. history is rafael nadal‘s. england have won their biggest international football title
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since 1966 after a 1—0 victory over veneuzela in the under—20 world cup in south korea. dominic calvert—lewin scored the only goal of the game and goalkeeper freddie woodman saved a penalty as england held on to become world champions. andy swiss reports. commentator: england, world cup winners. yes, you heard him right. it's taken a mere 51 years, but once again, english football is basking in global glory. the so—called young lions turning their promise into the ultimate prize. not that it was easy, though. paul simpson's side began as favourites again venezuelan, and when dominic calvert—lewin lot of them ahead, the trophy seemed theirs for the taking. but after the break, venezuela were handed a lifeline. penalty, that age—old scourge of english football, but not this time. commentator: and it's kept out by woodman.
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freddie woodman is england's hero. and if england thought it was all over, well, it was now. commentator: and england have won the under 20 world cup. most of these players have little premier league experience, and, as their triumph was shared by england's senior team at theirtraining camp, that is now their challenge. fantastic achievement for them. the aim is now that those players come through to the seniors, and a big part of that now is for them to get opportunities with their clubs, because i think they have shown, if at under 20s we are world champions, then there's enough players there to fulfil careers in the game without clubs looking elsewhere. but at last those indelible images of england's only other world cup win have some company. yes, success at senior level is still some leap, but after years of looking to the past, a day to celebrate the future. wales are looking for their second win in this world cup qualifying
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campaign tonight when they take on serbia in belgrade. after four straight draws, they're four points behind group leaders serbia and the republic of ireland, who play austria later. gareth bale is among a host of missing players, but the squad is a healthy mix of freshness and experience, according to striker sam vokes, who's set to win his 50th cap. it's been a fantasticjourney. some darker days and some fantastic days. it has been great, but there's a core group of players who have been there the whole way through who have got a lot of caps along the way, and that is important. with games like this on sunday, it will be tough, but there are a lot of experienced lads who have been in those situations before. the republic of ireland have gone top of wales and serbia's group. they kept up their unbeaten record in group d with a 1—1 draw against austria in dublin.
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ireland fell behind in the first half but this late equaliser from jonathan walters means martin o'neil‘s side are currently a point clear of serbia and five clear of wales. the canadian grand prix has got underway with some incredible drama in montreal. lewis hamilton made the perfect start from pole, but not as good as max verstappen, who surged from fifth to second place. on his way through the field, he broke the wing on championship leader sebastian vettel‘s ferrari, sending him to the pits for a replacement and dropping him to the back of the field. moments later, carlos sainz and felipe massa's races were over as they crashed out. and verstappen‘s hopes of challenging hamilton ended on the 11th lap. you can follow the thrilling action with commentary on bbc radio five live and the bbc sport website. india's cricketers have secured their place in the semifinals of the champions trophy. they comfortably beat south africa at the oval to set up a likely meeting with bangladesh in the last four. south africa had the chance to go through themselves but they had a calamitous innings with three
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ill—judged runouts among the wickets. they posted a score ofjust 191. and india made short work of that — yuvraj singh finishing things off in style with this six with 12 overs still remaining. it means south africa are out. the last semifinal place will be decided when sri lanka play pakistan tomorrow. double olympic champion alastair brownlee has won the leeds round of the world triathlon series. in front of their home crowd, the two produced a devastating display on the bike to gap the rest of the field. on the run, alastair pulled ahead with 4 kilometres to go, winning the race for the second year in a row despite focusing on longer distance events this year. england's hockey players lost on a penalty shoot out to the netherlands in an international friendly at the olympic park. the dutch are the number one ranked side in the world and lost to team gb in the olympic final last august.
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they raced into a 2—0 lead in the first quarter. but england came back into the game and scored two goals in nine minutes to level the scores, this strike from sophie bray got the equaliser. so another shootout just like in rio, but this time it was the netherlands who held out for the win on sudden death — 4—3 it finished. team sky's chris froome has missed out on a fourth criterium du dauphine title. denmark's ya kob fulsang produced a real shock to win the overall race. froome, who was going for a third straight victory, began the final stage one minute three seconds behind overnight leader richie porte but failed to bridge the gap and eventually finished back in fourth behind ireland's dan martin, who was third. it was fulsang who overhauled porte. he gained a time bonus for winning the stage and that was enough to give him an overall victory. lions fullback stuart hogg is waiting to find out whether a cheek injury will end his new zealand tour. he collided with connor murray's elbow during yesterday's win over
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the crusaders and needs to see a specialist. sam warburton, who wasn't playing in the last match, will return to captain the side for their next tour match, against the highlanders in dunedin on tuesday. he's shaken off an ankle problem. all the guys who are not involved, who were down at the ground, they can't wait to congratulate the boys when they come back into the changing room. it feels like a a1, not a 23. that is what is special about lions tours. the guys finished themselves to get that performance and we owe it to those guys on tuesday. the players are well aware that you may only get one or two chances and you have got to make the most of it, and to take those chances, and as sam said, you might miss out,
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and we saw four years ago how quickly that changes from the three tests in terms of personnel and making sure you are ready if you do miss out, you get another chance, you play well, and you have the opportunity to make up. andrea dovizioso won the catalunya grand prix in barcelona to claim back to back motogp wins for ducati for the first time since 2010. the italian won last week's italy grand prix and came out on top again, beating honda's spanish pair marc marquez and dani pedrosa. dovizioso‘s victory cut maverick vinales' championship lead to seven points. britain's riders struggled with cal crutchlow eleventh and scott redding thirteenth. bradley smith missed the race due to an injured finger. an emotional usain bolt recovered from an average start to win his final race on home soil, clocking 10.03 seconds in the 100 metres at the racers grand prix in kingston on saturday. ade adedoyin reports from a noisy national stadium. usain bolt‘s 100 metres was a celebration.
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30,000 track fans shoehorned into the national stadium. a night of huge outpouring of emotion and national pride, it was billed as a means to salute a legend. usain bolt saluted them as he crossed the line. the time may have been modest and it was much more than that. there are no words. the support i have been getting from jamaica, i never thought i would reach here. my only aim was to be an olympic champion. i have done what i have done and to be a legend is something i would never have done without the support of my parents, close friends, my best friend. i have that huge support from everybody and the fans ofjamaica came out to support me. i want to thank you guys. i never expected this. thank you for coming out and showing me the support.
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thank you very much. a closing of the circle for usain bolt. victory on the same track when he first arrived in the sport. he won the world junior title here 15 years ago as a 15—year—old. the jamaican prime minister and lord coe two of the dignitaries to pay tribute to him. we can have arguments in football and tennis, but there is no argument here, he isjust the best. it is irrefutable. the atmosphere that he generates, jamaica is a massive country for track and field. he has changed the face of track and field in the last decade. we will miss him and we have got to figure out how to keep them involved in the sport now. the party continued in the stadium long into the night. usain bolt bringing down the curtain on the jamaican leg of his career in fine style and he hopes to bring down the curtain on his entire career at the london world championships in similar fashion.
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that's all sport for now. a couple of minutes between the kick—off of wales and serbia. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: michael gove returns to the cabinet as environment secretary. the reshuffle comes as downing street and the democratic unionist party both insist that no parliamentary pact has yet been agreed between them. theresa
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with only days before brexit negotiations are due to begin, where does all the current political upheaval leave the government's strategy? earlier today, our presenter, annita mcveigh, spoke to catherine barnard, professor of eu and employment law. she outlined the future of the brexit process. everything is to play for at the moment because theresa may is still prime minister and is committed to a ha rd prime minister and is committed to a hard brexit. the conservative ma nifesto hard brexit. the conservative manifesto largely replicated what she had said in her lancaster house speech in january 2017, she had said in her lancaster house speech injanuary 2017, namely she had said in her lancaster house speech in january 2017, namely that we would leave the single market in the union. there will be some sort of arrangement with the dup and the northern irish party. it may be it is not in northern ireland's interest to have a hard border between the north and south, and that means, we cannot leave the
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customs union, so is there now a possibility that we might stay in the customs union and perhaps give the customs union and perhaps give the single market? jeremy corbyn himself said we would leave the single market but that leaves a question of the fate of the customs union open. returning

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