hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: paris painted bleu, blanc, rouge — blue, white and red — the colours of the national flag, as the triumphant world cup winners, france, are welcomed home. there's a similar homecoming for the runners—up, croatia. despite defeat in the final, the players are given a heroes‘ reception. a summer of sport continues, as the world's best golfers prepare to take on one of the world's hardest courses. we look ahead to the open. hello, and thanks for joining us on sport today. world champions france have made a heroes‘ return to paris as hundreds of thousands of fans took to the streets of the french capital to welcome their world cup winners home. the 4—2 victory over croatia in moscow on sunday has cemented france's reemergence as one of footballs superpowers and brought the country together, as witnessed by hugh schofield our correspondent in paris. that is a roar from the guts of

france. there must be half a million people, more, on the champs—elysees. a crowd i have never, ever seen on this street. more probably than the end of the second world war. and here they are, the heroic new victors of the world cup. cheering. have you ever heard such a noise? the crowd has gone absolutely crazy. they have been waiting here for two oi’ they have been waiting here for two or three hours in very, very hot sun. and then, out of the smoke, appeared the bus carrying the champions, pogba, griezmann, down

this most beautiful of avenues, down to, at the end, the elysee palace, where they will meet president macron. overhead, flying the patrol of france, this flight path that set off this amazing occasion most beautifully. so, there we are, and most extraordinary occasion... cheering. hugh schofield ta ken hugh schofield taken over by the crowd. a little more sedate, but not by much, at the presidential palace, where president emmanuel macron and wife brigitte later greeted the players. the president invited hundreds of young football players from the poorer suburbs of paris for a chance to meet their heroes. the squad are to be awarded the legion of honour, france's highest distinction of merit, for their services to the country. now, what about the world cup runners—up, croatia? well, as you can see, they were also given a rousing welcome home. there was a lot of national pride in the capital,

zagreb. they may have lost the final, but this is still the most successful world cup for a country that only came into being in 1991. our europe reporter gavin lee has been spending time with fans in the croatian capital. well, this is how it feels when your tea m well, this is how it feels when your team have just given their best ever world cup performance. in fact, one of the best ever sporting achievements in the short history of this country, croatia. there are supposed to be 100,000 people in the main square here in zagreb right 110w. main square here in zagreb right now. people from all over the country have ta ken now. people from all over the country have taken time off work. i mean, just look around right now at this atmosphere. you can barely move. and number of people —— from the number of people supporting the team. you would have thought we had w011 team. you would have thought we had won the world cup. here, celebrations, flags, firecrackers.

this is what it feels like. and i have just been soaked in beer by me at the moment here. it is worth saving, before this, back in 1998, was their best achievement. i am getting soaked. 100,000 people. well, this is going to be bigger, it is going to be louder and last all week. gavin lee, hanging from the lamppost, and doused in beerfrom the lamppost. good on him. well, while we've been enjoying a month of unprecedented sporting emotions in what's been a footballing feast at the world cup, there's been one transfer which may have been slightly overshadowed by russia 2018, and that's cristiano ronaldo‘s move to juventus. the 33—year—old, five—time ballon d'or winner talked to the media on monday after his $132 million move from real madrid had been officially announced. he spoke of his happiness to be moving to the italian champions at this stage of his career. well, you can probably see journalists just wrapping things up. the lights are dipping. i think it isa hint the lights are dipping. i think it is a hint they want us to leave. 200

journalists turned up to welcome cristiano ronaldo. there are fans outside waiting to get a glimpse of their talisman. even cristiano ronaldo‘s mum turned up to see what he had to say. he was here for about 20 minutes while he was questioned ina 20 minutes while he was questioned in a host of different languages. he seemed relaxed. he was laughing, he was joking. seemed relaxed. he was laughing, he wasjoking. one seemed relaxed. he was laughing, he was joking. one question seemed relaxed. he was laughing, he wasjoking. one question he was asked, having had such a successful ten yea rs asked, having had such a successful ten years at real madrid, what was it like starting over all over again atjuventus? it like starting over all over again at juventus? i feel great. for it like starting over all over again atjuventus? ifeel great. for me it is another challenge. i love a challenge. it will be tough, i know that. very difficult. the league, it is very tough. but i will be ready. juveis is very tough. but i will be ready. juve is ready. i will be ready. i will be there. as i said before, age is not important. ifeel good. i feel motivated. exciting. so, iwill try to do my best, like always. and

iam try to do my best, like always. and i am looking forward to start the league well and try to win every title. well, we heard cristiano ronaldo talking about age. some people have questioned juventus paying £100 million for him. remember, he is going to be 3a at the end of this season. some people say it is the deal of the century. other people say it is a gamble. alreadyjuventus have sold half1 million ronaldo shirts, depending whether it is a replica or one of the authentic shirts, people have paid around between 35 and £82 million, between 35 and £82 million thatjuventus have recouped from ronaldo. remember, juventus haven't w011 ronaldo. remember, juventus haven't won the champions league now in 23 yea rs. well, this ridiculous summer of sport continues this week. after the world cup and wimbledon, all attention turns to carnoustie, on scotland's east coast, where the 1a7th open tournament tees off on thursday. often referred to as car—nasty, carnoustie, the open, is the oldest of the four golf majors, founded in 1860.

the annual battle for the claretjug, across some of the world's most venerable links courses, has a unique and rich history, but the return of tiger woods for the first time since 2015 after multiple back surgeries gives this year's edition even more interest. american jordan spieth is the defending champion, so how does he rate his chances? my my chances this year, yeah, i think my game feels good. i needed a break. i was kind of dragging along for a while, and playing a heavy schedule. i needed to get away from the game, which i did. ifeel good about the way i did it and coming back to it. and coming to an open championship requires a lot of feel and imagination. and i think that's what i have needed a bit of in my game. i have gotten very technical and very, you know, into making everything perfect, instead of kind of the way i normally play, and so

this week provides an opportunity where you don't know how far the ball is necessarily going to go off the tee. you have to hold the ball, write the wind, you know, different scenarios based on where pins are in the distance as you have. britain's tommy fleetwood is one of a number of european golfers looking to break a us stranglehold on majors. fleetwood says he won't let his ranking affect his concentration. the us open runner—up is ranked tenth in the world after a good couple of years, and is on the hunt for a first major title. i don't feel any different about being up there in the world ranking. it isjust... it being up there in the world ranking. it is just... it is what it is. it is nice to have the expectation. it shows you are doing something right. and hopefully more to come. as long as we keep improving, that is all that matters. and generally it doesn't matter where you are in the world. you still have to hit the golf shots when it comes to it and thatis golf shots when it comes to it and that is all that matters. i am not

as calm as i look, i don't think. but i am naturally and calmish person, surrounded by friends. and at the end of the day, play good or bad, it is what it is, but i know i have put the work in and that is all it is, just take it from there. world heavyweight champion anthony joshua has announced his next bout. he will fight russia's alexander povetkin on september 22nd at wembley stadium. joshua will defend all his belts against the wba's mandatory challenger. it's the first time the briton will have fought at wembley since his famous victory over wladimir klitschko in april 2017. joshua says that, "povetkin is a serious challenge and only a fool would underestimate what he brings to the table." you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. including lots of fun social media

on the french parade in paris from the victorious world cup winning team, france. but, from me, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. monday was a day of contrast for the weather here in the uk. we had the searing heat in the east and temperatures pushed 32 degrees celsius at gravesend in kent. but for further north and west, for many areas, it was a fresher day. we had a weather front across us. and this is how it looked in north yorkshire through the afternoon. now, that weather front is a cold weather front, and it's been pushing its thundery rain eastwards and northwards through the night. and because it's called a cold weather front, yes, you guessed it, it is introducing cooler air. so we will notice a fresher feel to the weather into tuesday except for the far south and east.

there will still be some thundery rain around north—eastern areas first thing and certainly through shetland. but a much more comfortable night i think will have passed for many of us, and the coming few nights should be a bit more comfortable as well, because not only are we cooling the air down, we are losing the humidity. a lovely start to the day, plenty of sunshine, which will clear any mist quite quickly. the cloud will tend to bubble up, fair weather cloud, and it will produce a few showers through the afternoon, particularly across northern england. scotland, there could be some heavy ones, slow—moving ones across the north and east with a light winds, but there will be very few showers elsewhere. but in contrast to monday, temperatures will be notably down across england and wales and it won't feel quite so intense, the heat. still lovely and warm, though, in the sunshine. and more of that will follow as we move into wednesday, that high pressure starts to build in again, so another comfortable night tuesday into wednesday, and plenty of sunshine first thing, any mist, as we will see this morning, clears quickly. and then we will see

a scattering of showers, mostly in the west, possibly in scotland, one or two heavy ones as well but by and large, the exception rather than the rule. temperatures will start recover a little bit as we see more heat coming in from the sun than we lose. the temperatures are creeping up a degree on wednesday. they'll creep up another degree on thursday, with high pressure with us. very few showers, but later, thursday into friday, we'll watch the approach of this low pressure, it's been giving us a bit of headache all week, but at the moment it looks like it will bring showery rain, mostly to scotland, to northern ireland, possibly northern parts of england and wales as well, but for the bulk of england and wales, again, it will be quite hot and dry, temperatures exceeding those of thursday by another degree. and there will be a little bit of brightness between the showery rain further north as well. and with high pressure re—establishing itself sa we go towards the weekend, it will push the unsettled weather away. and, actually, there will be a lot of dry and fine weather. but you can see for yourselves there's still that risk of quite a bit of cloud even into saturday in the north and west, particularly scotland,

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