5-3 3-3 and then pressure. it made it 3—3 and then remarkably a few moments later olivier giroud made it 4—3 to arsenal so arsenal secured quite an extraordinary win. one of the most exciting matches that we have seen on the opening day of any premier league season. it was chaotic and classic but arsenal fans will be breathing a sigh of relief. ok, just inside —— just—in—time handing back to the studio! liverpool's season starts at watford tomorrow, but they're already in a battle to keep hold of star player phillipe coutinho. the brazilian midfielder responded to the club saying they won't sell him to barcelona by handing in a transfer request. earlier today, liverpool denied reports he'd put in the request and have already rejected a bid of £90 million from barcelona saying he was definitively not for sale. the scottish premiership has been going a week already and champions, celtic, have won both games, extending their unbeaten run to 51 domestic matches. tonight they beat partick thistle 1—0. olivier nitcham scoring the only goal with this thunderous strike from the edge of the penalty area.

brendan rodgers‘ side's next challenge is astana in the champions league on wednesday night. it's been a fascinating but ultimately disappointing day for britain at the world athletics championships. olly foster is following all the action at the london stadium. olly, no medals today and another case of fourth—itis but still plenty to talk about, shall we start with dina asher—smith in the 200 metres? yes, day eight of these championships. good evening. we have to go back to the very opening night for the gold from mo farah and we have been waiting and waiting and it has been a recurring theme. we would love to be speaking about first seven seconds and thirds tonight but as far as the british team is concerned we have a fourth or fifth and six. the final event on the track was the 200 metres final with dina asher—smith who looked so strongly getting to that final but,

my word, what a field she faced in that final. dafne schippers, the reigning world champion retained her title. she won bronze in the 100 here and the ivory coast ‘s marie josee ta lou followed up her 100 metres silver with another and shaunae miller—uibo, the 400 metres olympic champion, stormed through to deny at dina asher—smith a medal, another for deny at dina asher—smith a medal, anotherfor britain. deny at dina asher—smith a medal, another for britain. i missed out on another for britain. i missed out on a bronze very slightly. i have broken my foot and i am quite frustrated but i am at the same time in reflection i'm really happy to have done a 22.2 with hardly any training so, yes. be about 24th places in the british team at this one is truly a standout in that everything you have been through, the broken foot, the surgery, the pins. honestly, i am over the moon. we've had a lot of fourth places but at the same time a load of those fourth places have been by people

who are so young they have a decade in the man they might not have got a medal today but they will definitely be ones to watch in championships to come. state after she was speaking to fill that she was straight up and on the phone to her physio to say she cannot believe it, she was so disappointed, but what a champion dafne schippers is from benevolence. we had our eyes on the long jump ru nway we had our eyes on the long jump runway on the other side of the stadium from us. lorraine ugen was going in that for great britain and she was really in contention for a long time. the american, britney reese, took gold. a third world championship title for her. darius jilishina took silver and tiana bata letter, and neutral competitor, russian, took bronze. lorraine ugen came fifth. spoke afterwards.” came fifth. spoke afterwardslj wa nted came fifth. spoke afterwards.” wanted to bring at home for the home crowd. i gave it my best. absolutely

nobody could doubt that. is morale goodin nobody could doubt that. is morale good in the team despite where they are in the medal table? and acquiesce, i think the team are still doing well. we are focusing on trying to see what we can do. i feel like a lot of the team are still quite young so it is a changeover from the older guys retiring and stuff like that so it is just about as kind of getting more experience and getting used to it. there was british interest in the men's hammer final. nick miller is based in oklahoma. his third attempt of 77.31 lifted him to silver briefly, but he fluffed his last couple of attempts as he tried to punch to hard. he had already fallen out of the medals. it was a polish 1—2. panel fajdek taking his third world title his third world title. we'll tell you about the other finals injust a moment but there was some controversy in the 800m semifinals. lindsey sharp was racing in the second heat, and ran a time that was quick eneough to qualify for the final, but she was disqualified for barging

into the american charlene lispey. she had to finish in the top two to be sure of making it into the final. british atheltics appealed the decision, and that appeal was successful, so sharp through to the final. lynsey sharp was in tears which came past us in the interview area and she couldn't speak at all. but she is now through to the final. arlie tracy and shelayna oskan clarke didn't qualify. there will be one british man in the final of the 1500m on sunday. that is chris o'hare. he is also based in america. he needed to finish in the top five, and did that fairly co mforta bly. i felt that it is damaged a bit too much but he was fourth in his heat and he went through. fellow scot jake wightman didn't make it out of his heat. here is chris o'hare. victim care unit you kind of expect british athletes to make these are the best

quys athletes to make these are the best guysin athletes to make these are the best guys in the world so it is nice. there have been rumblings that there hasn't been a medal since the opening night and mo farah but it is toff out there and from a straw poll i think people are pretty understanding that this is the best of the best out there. yes, if you are moaning that we're not winning enough medals they get over yourself! i was told, wasn't i? get out there and do—it—yourself. i will leave chris o'hare to do it himself in the 1500 metres final on sunday. in the morning session robbie grabarz gave us, and himself, a scare in highjump qualifying. he needed to clear 2.31 to go straight into sunday's final, and he did that at the third attempt. remember he was a bronze medallist at the london games in 2012. he spoke to me afterwards and said he was getting a bit over excited. he has won every single medal at major championships except at the worlds. he gave us a real scare.

ashley bryant is way down in the rankings and the men's decathlon at the halfway stage. the women's steeplechase is the final medal to tell you about. emma cockburn took the gold and it was an american 1—2. we look forward to the weekend and we hope that mo farah can get a second medal in the 5000 metres final. from all of us at the london stadium, that is it from sportsday tonight. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are katie martin of the financial times and lynn davidson of the sun. both of them got the memo about

black attire! tomorrow's front pages, the daily express leads on the war of words between north korea and president donald trump who says the us is locked and loaded in readiness for battle. the times headlines a change in tack from the royal college of midwives who say they've dropped their decade—long campaign for normal births after it made women feel like failures. the daily telegraph questions standards at universities after it emerged some of the nation's most prestigious establishments are offering students places regardless of their exam grades. the daily mail claims drivers and homeowners who pay their insurance monthly are being charged hundreds of pounds a year more than they should be. the sun leads with a poll that most british people want to see prince william and —— as king and leap frog prince charles. the daily mirror says the owner of the car that diana, princess of wales, was killed in wants to put it on display in a museum. the guardian headlines the conviction of 11 people from one family in lincolnshire who have been

convicted of involvement with a modern day slavery ring. we return to north korea with claims that the white house has used a back channel for talks with kim jong—un ‘s regime. locked and loaded is this headline as president bush says that the —— president trump says that the us military is ready to take on north korea when it comes to it. brinkmanship it is said to be. north korea are said to feel frightened even though they are carrying out these missile tests. yes, you can trade barbs about who started it but it isa trade barbs about who started it but it is a bit schoolboyish. what the world really needs now and what germany has called for and china has called for is calm. what we have instead is donald trump saying that military options are locked and loaded and ready to go should north korea act unwisely, which is a statement issued in a tweet. this is how modern—day diplomacy works. there was no obvious sign at the

moment that either the korean side 01’ moment that either the korean side or donald trump is ready to back down. no. you have the regional neighbours, south korea and particular and japan, over which these missiles would fly, if north korea were to launch them, you have got everyone extremely anxious. you have two spa re got everyone extremely anxious. you have two spare the thoughts for the islanders in guam who have been told to lie flat in the ground and have been issued leaflets about what to do. there are about 6000 american troops there and the island is in the middle of nowhere but it has a defence system ready to shoot down missiles if they are coming in their way, but you have got to feel for these people who live there. china is supposed to be the one country who can talk some sense into north korea, but even they appear to be waning confidence. the ability of

china to control what north korea does has been vastly overstated over the years. it is not like the president canjust the years. it is not like the president can just pick up phone and make it all stop. it doesn't all work like that. there are signs that there are diplomatic back channels and there has been some kind of contact between north korea and people connected to the white house. it has been assumed to be contact thatis it has been assumed to be contact that is dealing with the hostage situations in north korea in terms of us citizens that are held over there but actually it turns out they have been talking much more broadly in recent weeks and so maybe that can help to defuse the situation somewhat but neither side wants to be seen to be backing down. you wonder what pressure the international community can put on. in iran in the end they became a carrot to go with the stick. at the moment more sanctions for north korea are negative incentives, if you like, to get them to stop firing missiles. you wonder if there is any appetite anywhere for a positive

incentive, if it is through diplomatic channels, as angela merkel has been talking about. as the rhetoric we have been saying, where does it" mackey says will regret it and regret it fast and at least him with nowhere to go. we would all regret it if it was to happen. in the times the midwives back down on natural childbirth. current policy makes women feel like failures if you have to have a ca esa rea n failures if you have to have a caesarean —— caesarean, and of course a lot of women do, that is a difficult thing. this campaign to deter us from having interventions has been going on since 2005.m has, indeed. more than a quarter of women end up having a caesarean, whether through choice because they are forced to have one at the last minute and the last thing women need is to end up feeling this way and have this pressure put on them at this time particularly. it is a change of tack here from the royal

couege change of tack here from the royal college of midwives and i think it isa college of midwives and i think it is a welcome one. i think mums to be will welcome this change. which reminds me of some of the forceful breast—feeding campaigns that get mounted now and if you can't breast—feed or you don't want to you feel like you are a second—rate mum. yes, iam feel like you are a second—rate mum. yes, i am delighted to see this story because i think a lot of the instructions that women get about how to give birth on how to breast—feed and how to bottle feed on whether to bottle feed, it is all built up into a huge commercial and public health enterprise that goes into telling mums that they are doing it wrong, everything they do they are doing it wrong. it would be nice to be told actually once in awhile that you are doing your best. if you need an epidural or a ca esa rea n if you need an epidural or a caesarean or if you need an epidural or a caesa rean 01’ you if you need an epidural or a caesarean or you need to use bottles, you' re caesarean or you need to use bottles, you're not a bad person, you will not harm your baby, quite the opposite. you are doing the best thing for your health and the baby ‘s health and it is really time for

the medical and a lot of other people to think about the extent to which they are bullying new mothers ata time which they are bullying new mothers at a time when frankly they are not in the mood for fun and games. no, you are feeling pretty vulnerable, aren't you? i had a fantastic health visitor who said, do you think you're doing the right thing? and i said, ithink you're doing the right thing? and i said, i think so, and she said, then you are. carry on! eminently sensible and i have always been grateful to her. the daily telegraph. unconditional offers being an out left and right and centre. it means you don't have to get particular grades to get a place. didn't work like that in my day! normally. the story is saying that universe have such pressure to have students on the books that they dish out a lot more unconditional offers than they once were. unconditional offers from edinburgh have trebled from 2012. you would feel pretty lucky to get a place at edinburgh without having to hit those targets. exactly! for

birmingham the rate has doubled a p pa re ntly birmingham the rate has doubled apparently and it raises concerns about standards. there have always been unconditional offers and about to some, if you have particularly impressed them. and it it's a different system in scotland because you are a bit younger and you have another year to do your hires. i have to say that this is another story about universities that is negative that we have had over the past few weeks and we have had a lot of discussion about university pay particularly. you know, students are i'iow particularly. you know, students are now having to pay £9,000 a year in tuition fees. if you wonder where it is going, it is going to pay vice chancellors who are earning £450,000 a year. the bath university vice chancellor, there were some information that yesterday, some details about pay, where there is hundreds of university staff earning more than £200,000 a year and some are earning over £800,000