house of fraser announces plans to close more than half of its stores with the loss of 6000 jobs. this is brutal. this is as tough as it gets, and we have not taken this decision lightly. it is very dramatic for people that we care about a great deal. the government has said that any temporary customs arrangement with the eu is expected to end by december 2021 — following resistance from the brexit secretary, david davis. scotland yard says it's investigating the london fire bridages use of the "stay put" policy during the grenfell tower fire. the executive chairman of the premier league, richard scudamore is to stand down at the end of the year. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. 0n beyond 100 days at seven o'clock:

ahead of his summit with north korea, president trump will be holding a press conference with the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe. as house of fraser become the latest casualty on the high street — we'll take a closer look at the pressure facing retailers. and at 10.40 this evening — we'll take a first look at tomorrow's front pages in the papers. that's all ahead on bbc news. but now it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. just 19 minutes away from england's final warm just 19 minutes away from england's finalwarm up just 19 minutes away from england's final warm up match before the world cup. match day delivery — amazon will broadcast premier league games from 2019, after winning a slice of the rights. chasing down her maiden grand slam — simona halep sees off former champion garbine muguruza in straight sets at the french open.

and doing it her own way — the british bmx staraiming forthe top of the world this weekend. hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening — a bumper programme for you tonight, on the evening england play their final warm—up game before flying out to russia on tuesday. a last chance for gareth southgate to work out his starting xi as england take on costa rica at elland road in leeds. 0ur reporterjo currie is there for us this evening — and the squad have been given the royal seal of approval today, i understand 7 yes, that's right. earlier, when they were training, his royal highness the duke of cambridge

p°pped highness the duke of cambridge poppedin highness the duke of cambridge popped in to say good luck and say hello. prince william of course is the president of the f a. had time to speak to the manager, gareth southgate. he was introduced to the rest of the squad by harry kane, and he met all the players including the spurs full—back danny rose who hit the headlines of date because he had admitted that he had suffered from depression. it was triggered by a long lasting injury and a family tragedy. not everybody knew about it including his family, but he also said that playing for england has been his foundation. he praised gareth southgate for helping him to get through. rhodes is expecting to start tonight. it is a bit of a homecoming, because leeds united is where it all began for him. also a huge night ahead for trent alexander—arnold, as well? huge night ahead for trent alexander-arnold, as well? yes, he is due to make his first senior

england debut. his first nice moment this evening when he was handed his first england shirt by prince william. it has been a huge few weeks the defender. he played in the champions league final in may. he is 110w champions league final in may. he is now about to make his debut before flying out his first major tournament. gareth southgate has made it clear that even though he is young, he has every faith in youngster. i have not got a player in the squad that i would think twice about putting into the opening game of the world cup. he is here and he has performed exceptionally well this season. his policy has been top. he has settled in really well. so really pleased to have him with us, it isa really pleased to have him with us, it is a huge moment for him, of course. and well—deserved. it is a huge moment for him, of course. and well-deserved. plenty of fa ns course. and well-deserved. plenty of fans already outside elland road ready for this final warm up match.

kick—off at about eight o'clock. we should have the teams for you. you can should have the teams for you. you ca n follow should have the teams for you. you can follow all the commentary on five live sport extra. many people are saying that this world cup is wide open but once again, it's brazil who are the favourites to lift the trophy. the five—times winners were in hugely impressive form in the qualifiers but the memory of their last match in the world cup finals still weighs heavily upon them asjoe lynskey explains in the latest of our series looking ahead to the contenders in russia this summer. well, they have won five world cup titles, they are the most successful tea m titles, they are the most successful team in the tournament's history. brazil go to russia this summer looking to banish them different memories. there has been a cloud over the nation to the last four yea rs. commentator: brazil, thoroughly unforgivable performance. commentator: brazil, thoroughly unforgivable performancem commentator: brazil, thoroughly unforgivable performance. it was a

terrible performance that no one could have predicted. germany lead. it is 4-0 could have predicted. germany lead. it is 4—0 to germany. brazil are being human dated. you are sitting there sitting there when there is a piece of history being made. and it isa tap piece of history being made. and it is a tap in. six to germany. we have just witnessed one of the truly astonishing victories in football history. what was meant to be brazil's moment of glory at their home world cup final ending in that humiliating 7—1 defeat to germany in the semifinals. how will that impact brazil? let's go to rio and speak to the bbc expert. thank you for joining us. we will get to this yea r‘s joining us. we will get to this year's finals shortly, but how long do you think it has taken this nation to recover from that result

against germany? well, there is a stain on the cupboard that will not come out soon. it is therefore all time. but since the current coach took over, two years ago, brazil have been flying, and if you go back two years, at that point, they really did seem to be a possibility that brazil for the first time ever would miss out on a world cup. and since then, they have been absolutely flying. and now, they go to russia, with enormous optimism, andi to russia, with enormous optimism, and i think there is a possibility that, not only that they might win it, but they might remind us of why we all fell in love with that famous yellow shirt all those years ago. we all fell in love with that famous yellow shirt all those years agom isa yellow shirt all those years agom is a chance for redemption, isn't it, tim, but perhaps for one man in particular, neymar, it was meant to be his tournament four years ago. he has moved to paris st germain. that

world record transfer. i wonder how people will feel he will do, given where he has been playing and the hype around him. a lot of pressure on him, because this is the world cup that he will probably play closest to his peak. he was still on the upward curve last time round. now there is a big difference, this time, from four years ago, in that injured as an 1a, brazil really worked very, very dependent on his glasses of individual brilliance, and perhaps defended and depended on him. they collapsed when he put out of action. this time round, they have got a solid team which israeli firing. this time they have got a tea m firing. this time they have got a team that could perhaps give a platform to neymar for his time. team that could perhaps give a platform to neymarfor his time. —— which is really firing. a world cup where brazil have all wounds to heal. they will not have the

pressure of a home tournament, but they know that the only way to satisfy the supporters is to lift the trophy. no pressure, then. while the men are just days away from their world cup — the womens sides are at the qualification stages for their world cup next year in france. wales and scotland both have fixtures tonight. wales face bosnia herzegovenia in less than half an hour's time, while scotland take on belarus at 7.35pm they're second in their group so far having won three out of their last four games. almost 100 football officials across west africa and kenya have been caught on camera accepting cash in a sting operation, including an assistant referee due to officiate at this summer's world cup. it's part of a two—year long undercover investigation by ghanaian journalist anas aremayaw anas. bbc africa has had exclusive access to the footage. peter 0kwoche reports. this man stuffing cash into a plastic bag is the head of the ghana

football association and the second most powerful man in african football. use it just most powerful man in african football. use itjust been given $65,000 shopping money by someone posing as a businessman, wanting to invest in gun in football, except that the man is an undercover reporter working to investigate corruption in african football. it is no doubt the continent's most popular sport, with millions of fans following their favourite teams with passion. but could these revelations be about to destroy their love for the game. dozens of hours of hidden camera footage, seen by the bbc have ca ptu red camera footage, seen by the bbc have captured scenes of over 100 referees and senior officials taking cash for multiple domestic and international football matches, breaking a fever and gfa regulations. and it goes all the way to the top. this man from kenya was due to officiate in the

world cup which starts next week in russia. here he is accepting $600 from someone, posing as an official ofa gun from someone, posing as an official of a gun premiership team. —— a ghanaian premiership team. this investigation was carried out by anas aremayaw anas, one of thine's best—known investigative journalists. an undercover specialist, he never shows his face, but not everyone agrees with his methods. this man is a lawyer and says it is entrapment. it is wrong to induce somebody by the enticement of some lucrative thing, money, or whatever, and then turn around and say that the person is corrupt. the giver is as guilty as the receiver. the journalist rejects this

criticism, saying that those who took the money were not forced to do so. took the money were not forced to do so. the bbc contacted both men shown in this report. the man who remains in his position as head of the gfa declines to comment. the first there's that the assistant referee in the upcoming fever world cup has resigned from his role. he denied wrongdoing. whilst there may be questions about how this investigation was carried out, it has left fans all over the continent wondering how just how has left fans all over the continent wondering howjust how much football in africa has been tainted. the season may be over but the premier league has been making the headlines today, firstly because of a new deal with amazon to show 20 premier league matches online from 2019 as part of a new tv rights deal and secondly because their chairman richard scudamore has announced he'll step down by the end of the year, after 20 years in charge. 0ur sports correspondent richard conwayjoins me for more for more on all this.

let's start with that amazon deal. do we have any more details? what will it mean for viewers? this is the first foray from one of the big online tech giant into premier league review tv rights. the two packages of game that were remaining to be salt were announced today. one has gone to amazon and the other two bt is for. they should have been sold in february, but they did not achieve the correct prices. negotiations have been ongoing in the intervening months. amazon will show 20 games per season for three seasons, show 20 games per season for three seasons, they will have an entire round of the midweek matches in december, and in dire round of games on boxing day, and it means that viewers at home on their tablets or phones will be able to pick their choice of game from across the whole range of premier league fixtures on those given days. will change with

how the premier league is being broadcast, and perhaps a hint of what is to come with the other tech giants... it will be very interesting to see how amazon monetises and how they get on with itjamie time of that deal which begins in 2019—2020. itjamie time of that deal which begins in 2019-2020. big money being spent, billions on the line here. the big clubs have been adding that they deserve a bigger chunk of that cash. they might get what they want? kamara there have been a balance struck between the big clubs, manchester city, manchester united, arsenal, tottenham, they all wanted a bigger size of the pie, but, what richard scudamore has negotiated between them is rather than any of them getting any increase in international tv money to themselves, the club say they are themselves, the club say they are the ones driving in viewers from overseas, they think they should get that money, he says it will be a

merit—based system. the existing international tv money will be shared out equally, and any increase will be based on where you finish in the league. it will be capped at a ratio between the very top club, and the bottom club, at 1.8 to one. it will maintain some of the competitive balance and try and stop those big six clubs from getting richer and pulling away. a lot of fa ns richer and pulling away. a lot of fans saying today that they are worried that that will happen. the rich clubs willjust get richer, we will have to see how that pans out. you mentioned richard scudamore, do you think you will be better remembered well? richard scudamore isa giant remembered well? richard scudamore is a giant of the sports industry. here's the man who has taken the premier league to over £5 million of revenue from the domestic market, as

well. he is a skilled negotiator and has kept a close relationship with the club. it is those skills that have allowed the premier league to thrive, both at home and abroad. but, one nugget of information, the league was meeting in harrogate today, their end of season meeting, richard scudamore kept that he was leaving a complete secret from everybody, nobody knew with it —— nobody knew about it with the exception of chelsea chairman. it took to the end of the business for richard scudamore to say, ladies and gentlemen, i am leaving now, richard scudamore to say, ladies and gentlemen, iam leaving now, by richard scudamore to say, ladies and gentlemen, i am leaving now, by the end of the year. there was a lot of surprise in the run. a complete secret, everybody taking this as quite a surprise today. and on that bombshell, thank you so much for bringing us that update. also coming up in the programme: funding herself to the top of the podium — we'll meet the british bmx—er with her eye on world championship glory. and imagine formula 1 — without the noise. we look into the high—tech,

semi—silent world of formula e. will it be third time lucky for simona halep at the french open? the world number one has fallen twice before at the final hurdle at roland garros. today, though, she looked determined to hunt down her maiden grand slam title — seeing off 2016 champion garbine muguruza in straight sets. james burford reports: despite being the best ranked player in the world, simona halep and her fa ns in the world, simona halep and her fans are still seeking that elusive first grand slam. garbine muguruza standing in the way of another final. well she has one grand slams this before, this wasn't her day. from the beginning, a double fault to hand an early break. the remaining were still tie soon staring at a 50 lead —— 5—0 lead. simona halep is known for her hard

hitting, her dominance of the court and her ability to find the lines. sometimes, you just have too applaud your opponent, but muguruza soon gave her fans something to cheer about to take charge of the second set. in the britain heat her 40s evaporated. her backhand beyond the line, and simona halep with another chance to win a grand slam at the fourth time of asking. sloan deviance and madison keys contested another contest in the other semifinal. sloane stephens came off better. before long she delivered the knockout punch. winner of last yea r‘s the knockout punch. winner of last year's us open, she now prepares to face the world number one on saturday. top seed and defending men's champion rafa nadal advanced to the semi—finals with a four—set win over argentina's 11th seed diego schwartzman. the match was held over from last night with the ten—times champion a set down but he lostjust four games today to ease through.

and in that semi—final nadal will meet juan martin del potro who beat number three marin cilic in four sets. the argentine was overcome with emotion at the end of the match as he reached his first semi—final in paris for nine years. and gordon reid has beaten the defending champion, world number one, and fellow briton alfie hewett 6—4 6—4 in the quarter—final of the wheelchair singles at roland garros. reid will play shingo kunieda ofjapan in the semi—finals. rugby union and eddie jones has named his england side to play south africa in the first test on saturday. and after all the discussion surrounding his england re—call, there's no place — even on the bench — for danny cipriani. after a stand—out premiership season for wasps, time in three years — eddiejones saying if there were any attitude problems from him, he'd be swiftly

on a flight home. he'll sit out this first match at ellis park injohannesburg — a south african stronghold eddiejones is determined to crack. it isa it is a great opportunity for us. this is a once in a lifetime opportunity for the players, and you don't get that too many times. only once, so we are all excited. we have had a great operation and we can't wait. any scores to settle from the six nations? look, that is all done and dusted. we have had a great run, it came to an end, and now we have moved on. we are on a different stage of our development. meanwhile joey carberey will be at fly—half for ireland's first test against australia in brisbane on saturday. he replacesjohnny sexton as coach joe schmidt rests a number of players from their six nations grand slam—winning squad. let's take a quick look at some other sports stories tonight. aston villa have been given a reprieve from administration — they've reached a deal with hmrc over the payment of their 4 million pound tax bill.

0wner tony sha has tried to reassure fans — but has warned of severe financial fair play challenges after villa lost the championship play—off final. one other piece of football news — northern ireland international defenderjonny evans has completed his medical ahead of a £3.5 million move from west brom to leicester city. and joseph parker will take on britain's number one heavyweight contender dillian whyte onjuly 28th with both men hoping for a shot at a world title. both fighters have lost to anthonyjoshua over the last two years. over the last few years british riders have won as many world bmx supercross titles as the sport's traditional powerhouse the usa. both have topped the standings with four and later this week gb's latest prodigy — teenager bethany shriever will attempt to continue that success at the world championships in azerbaijan. she's doing it though with no funding — nick hope has been to meet her? it is like no other sport, really.

it is like no other sport, really. it is like no other sport, really. it is that a general inrush. when you are in front, it is that co nsta nt you are in front, it is that constant thought, is someone going to get you? i love going down that eight metre supercross, are two speeds of 30 plus miles per hour. it is absolutely amazing. that passion continually pushes rising star bethany shriever to the podium. with a bulging title and a senior success last month came across the backdrop of eight uk sport funding cup after other british riders failed to win a medal in rio 2060. although british cycling offered some continued support, the teenager decided to ta ke support, the teenager decided to take another route. it was such a shock, really. it was out of the blue. we didn't know what to do. we spent so long thinking about how we can do it on our own. i programme has been extensive in a way. it is

just the money side of it that is so difficult. getting that if you days early, the travel, the hotel. it is close to... that is that the close ones. holland, belgium... have you had to go out and find sponsors to back you? yes, i have got my bike sponsored, have got my kit sponsored, have got my kit sponsored, but yeah, like you say, money to travel has been quite hard to find, and am working to get that extra bit of money to get to the iama extra bit of money to get to the i am a teaching assistant, spaces. i am a teaching assistant, and the school i work it is so good to give me time off to travel and training, soi to give me time off to travel and training, so i love it. despite the funding cup, this was still a risk, but bethany‘s funding cup, this was still a risk, but betha ny‘s performance funding cup, this was still a risk, but bethany‘s performance over the last 12 months proved this was the right decision for her. after such a strong start, she plans to announce has after the globe at the world championships this week. the final

is the main aim, but this is bmx, anything can happen. we have got to keep an open mind. i havejust got to enjoy myself. ultimate goal, 0lympic champ one day, hopefully. you can watch the bmx world championships on the bed button on saturday. the scream of the engines is so much part of the sport that there's always uproar when changes to the noise a formula one car makes are even suggested. so how about racing in semi—silence — with just the whir of electric motors? well according to sir richard branson — that's the way motor racing — and indeed all car manufacturing — is going — and our reporter eleanor roper has been finding out what it'll be like: at everyone shuffles their way... electric cars might not be as loud as formula 1 cars, they are still pretty fast. now on its fourth season, and as our attention turns to reducing air pollution, for he has never been so relevant. to reducing air pollution, for he

has never been so relevantlj personally has never been so relevant.” personally think that formula 1 will no longer exist if it continues to drive petrol driven cars indefinitely. it guzzles fuel. it is not that exciting, and you just don't see cars overtaking... we follows is a richard branson's team to the last seven months, and not just for the racing, the technology used on the track is having a huge impact on the cars that we will all soon be driving. we are here in marrakesh, and it is a really amazing place for a raise.” marrakesh, and it is a really amazing place for a raise. i think the exciting thing about this is the development of the cars on the track today, will have an impact on everything we see at home. india doesn't bulging, the government banned the sale of new petrol and diesel sales, and... formally, a

really aggressive racing environment, we are pushing the technology barriers read the limit. ultimately, cars that drive more efficiently, faster, more enjoyably for our consumers. that is key. the main challenge facing electric cars is their battery. it takes two cars to co m plete is their battery. it takes two cars to complete a raise, but as of next season, drivers will be down to one car, a big step forward. next year, we will have new regulation with only one car for the driver instead of two. that will show that we have improved by 100%. the season continues in zurich this weekend with the race notjust on the track, but for our business, too. it doesn't sound be same, does it. and you can watch the full newsbeat documentary, formula e: driving change, on the bbc iplayer. before we go, we are still waiting

for a good's team news for tonight. commentary on five live and will have the latest for your new bbc sport website. we will be back throughout the evening, with more port for you, but next it is the weather. with helen willetts. good evening it has been wonderful, that one has triggered if you shop showers, you can see the classical scotla nd showers, you can see the classical scotland and northern ireland, as well as well as a week by the front across the south, which will continue to bring the risk of a few showers edging will overnight. those than treat showers in the north will tend to peter out, but with more cloud in the night, tonight. it would be as cold as recent nights. 0nce would be as cold as recent nights.

once again, a repeat performance tomorrow. gardening and and wales, but the threat of showers putting a bit further north into northern england and parts of the midlands, web and the south—west. probably fewer in the south and east, but still that risk further north of one of two sharp showers developing through the afternoon. that could spark thunderstorms. similar stories for the weekend. very few showers around. some sunshine, tempted into the low 20s, for many of us. you're watching beyond one hundred days. the french aren't happy. the canadians aren't happy. the brits aren't happy. donald trump won't get a warm welcome at the g7 meeting. there's speculation in washington that he doesn't really want to go to the quebec summit anyway and prefers to focus on his historic one—on—one meeting with kim jong—un. he's getting a politer response from japan's prime minister. shinzo abe is at the white house to talk north korea, not trade. the president says

the summit is a go — and he is as ready as he needs to be. i think ithinkl i think i am very well prepared. i don't think you can prepare very much, it is about attitude. mrabe and mrtrump are expected to speak to the press any moment now. when they do, we'll take you live to the white house. also on the programme... the president's approval ratings are on the rise,