i think knife crime is the biggest right now. there's lots of people getting stabbed these days. tell me where you think you'd be without boxing. i probably would be doing something dodgy. here, you can save a kid's life. the portable boxing ring is a regular here in barking, where the council is backing stephen's efforts. and there are plans for the same in manchester and birmingham. people don't go out thinking, "i want to kill somebody, i want to use a knife." they go out because they feel they are an outcast. and one of the things i really believe in, and what stephen's doing, he's saying to people, "look, be a rebel, but be a rebel with a cause, not without a cause." you know that social services teams, that juvenile offending teams, are working day and night to try and stop young people from moving into a life of crime. how does faith in god make any difference? when i first changed my life around at the age of 20, and i got exposed to the holy spirit, it completely transformed me. what i have had is a dependency that god's got this.

and i believe that this is going to work. father, thank you so much for this great session we just had today... the puncher who became a preacher. and proved that some dreams really do come true. martin bashir, bbc news, in east london. newsnight is coming up on bbc two, here's emily. tonight, as tommy robinson appeals his jailing for contempt of court, we ask the ukip leader why he is backing his calls. join me now on bbc two. here on bbc one time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. our main headlines this evening.

play it again, sam... what more there could have been for wales captain sam warbuton, as he retires prematurely, at the age ofjust 29. aiming for the skies — geraint thomas and chris froome lead the way after stage ii of the tour de france. and who needs jamaica when you've got gainsborough? 7 why england's harry maguire has shunned the beach for the terraces at the non—league side. good evening. a surprise in rugby union today, as the former wales captain sam warburton retired from the sport at the age ofjust 29. warburton hasn't played since leading the 2017 lions to a drawn series against new zealand. he won 79 test caps and made 11 world cup appearances. but recent injuries have taken their toll.

thomas daffyd reports. this is the big hit! there's no doubting his commitment. for years, he was the leader, who gave his all. sam, you obviously played against england... but in recent months, sam warburton spent more time as a pundit than a player, occupying the television studios rather than the pitch, while he recovered from injuries. he'd returned to pre—season training with the cardiff blues this summer, but it was a step too far. i can't say i'm not surprised. to be out of this game — an unbelievably physical game as it is — for that period of time, and then to come back is unbelievably difficult. and he's realised his body, you know, can't take it any more. sam warburton won 7a caps for his country, skippering the side a record 49 times. there was grand slam and six nations glory. he took wales to the semifinal

of the rugby world cup — a game mired in controversy. he was sent off. he also led the lions to a first test series victory over australia for 16 years. and his final match, lastjuly, a drawn third test for the lions against new zealand. warren gatland, the man who made him captain, said he was outstanding. his leadership, his attitude and his demeanour, along with his performances, made him one of the best and most respected players in the world. warburton has enjoyed success at the highest level, but ultimately, his injuries have taken their toll. a body ravaged by rugby, a career cut short. tomos daffyd there. now, a government select commitee has been listening to opinions regarding the football association's proposed sale of wembley stadium. the fa say that only one in three pitches at grassroots level

is of an adequate quality and that selling wembley gives an opportunity to change "the poor state of community football facilities". former england defender gary neville gave his view today and strongly disagreed. the fa feel to fund a grass—roots programme, they have to sell a national asset, a national stadium? it's, quite simply, ridiculous. i completely agree with everything you put in that statement before the question finally came. this is a nonsense. it's a nonsense. this is not me being emotional about wembley. i'm not emotional about wembley, forget wembley, what is it next? st george's park goes because we have to build another 500 4g pitches? and what happens after that? this isn't long—term thinking. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss followed today's hearing and explains why the fa is so keen to sell wembley off. martin glenn said he was shocked

when the idea of selling wembley was first put to him but he believes selling wembley would allow them to accelerate change rather than waiting around for someone else to give them money to improve grassroots facilities. the fa say they believe this is a transformative they believe this is a tra nsformative opportunity, they they believe this is a transformative opportunity, they say it would allow them to develop a new generation of 3g artificial pitches and improve the current facilities. and a fans representative, katrina ball, from the football supporters federation, she said her organisation conducted a pull that shows fans opinions were split, a 3rd in favour of the sale and a third against and a third waiting for more detail. as for what happens next, any sale would have to be approved by the government and by sport england and by the greater london authority because they put money into the rebuilding of the stadium. but the indications from sports minister tracey crouch, who we also heard from, is that the sale will get her backing. the new chelsea manager, maurizio sarri, believes he can win

silverware during his time in london, but his main objective will be to build a new style of play in the coming season. it's also been announced that former chelsea striker gianfranco zola has been appointed sarri's assistant. sarri was introduced as antonio conte‘s replacement at stamford bridge today, but was was unable to give guarantees over the futures of star players eden hazard and thibaut courtois, amid speculation the belgian pair could leave in the current european transfer window. it seems, though, that sarri isn't expecting major upheaval. i think that i am one of the few managers who is bored by the transfer market. i don't want to talk about the transfer market and i am not that interested in it. i think that our task, as managers, is growing the players that we have. celtic are through to the second

round of the qualifying stages of the champions league. they beat armenian side alashkart 3—0 in tonight's second leg of the first round, despitejozo simunovic being sent off in the early stages. moussa dembele scored twice, to help celtic go through 6—0 on aggregate. liverpool have agreed a fee in the region of £67 million with roma for the brazil goalkeeper allison. it's being reported he has agreed to a five—year contract and, if the deal goes through, it world record fee for a keeper. the premier league record for a keeper is the £35 million manchester city paid benfica for ederson last year. meanwhile, liverpool will be without alex 0xlade—chamberlain for the vast majority of the upcoming season. the midfielder sustained multiple knee ligament damage during a champions league match in april. liverpool say that the estimated length of his lay—off wasn't revealed because 0xlade—chamberlain didn't want the news to distract from the reds champions league run didn't want the news to distract britain's geraint thomas has won

stage ii of the tour de france. he finished ahead of the netherlands‘ tom dumoulin and his team sky team—mate, chris froome, to take the leader's yellow jersey away from belgium's greg van avermaet, who had led since the third stage. drew savage reports. if anyone was wondering how strong team sky would be, stage 11 would provide the answer. it is where the terrain and race got serious. mountains are not greg van avermaet‘s thing. he surprised many by hanging onto the yellow jersey yesterday, it would be a stage too far in the alps. withjerome thomas second, this morning, this was team sky's chance to take control, but everyone else was as determined to stop them, including tom dumoulin, second to froome at the giro d'italia. forcing sky to reveal their hand. thomas rode away from some of the best riders in the world, chris froome followed. the defending champion held his own, gaining halfa minute on most of his main rivals,

moving to second overall. the man of the day was his team—mate. no stopping geraint thomas, overhauling dumoulin on his way to his first mountaintop stage win. a lead of one minute and 25 seconds. we are building up to the third golf major of the year — tomorrow's first round at the open. so far, the americans have dominated this year's majors, but what odds of a return to grand slam success for a briton? maybe for the 2014 winner rory mcilroy. it's so much depth, if it's not jordan, it'sjustin, if it's not him, it's brooks, patrick, there are so many great players and it seems like at this point, they are all playing really good golf at the same time and it will be tough

to beat them this week, tough to beat them in france, that is how it is. europeans had a nice little run a few years ago and these things work in cycles, and right now, all these guys are playing really good golf and they are some of the best in the world, deservedly so, and they will take some beating. finally, there was a bit of world cup glamour at non—league gainsborough trinity's ground, where england defender harry maguire was in the crowd to watch his brothers, lawrence and joe, play against each other, as gainsborough took on chesterfield in a pre—season friendly. they're the two number sixes. some of the crowd, though, seemed to be more interested in selfies with maguire than the match itself. i guess you can imagine, harry having a great world cup for england and he will be back in premier league form, i am sure, very shortly. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead

to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are broadcaster david davies and talkradio presenter daisy mcandrew. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. starting with the financial times, which reports on google accusing brussels of trying to dismantle its business model, after its record £4.3 billion fine. ‘boris brands may's brexit a democratic disaster‘ — that's the headline on the independent. the metro follows with the same story, as boris tells may it's her ‘last chance to save brexit‘. and ‘boris twists the knife‘

is how the i has described the former foreign secretary‘s ‘attack‘ on the pm. in the times, may responds by announcing she will tour britain this summer, in a bid to get sceptical tories behind her brexit plans. similarly, the guardian leads on brexit, but attention is drawn to the photo of sir cliff richard, standing outside court after he won his case against the bbc. the sun leads on sir cliff richard, with an emotional photo and a headline that nods towards the future of privacy and reporting in the media. several big stories dominating the papers. starting with borisjohnson, his big resignation statement. boris twists the knife. and he was putting himself centrestage. a lot of fa nfa re himself centrestage. a lot of fanfare before the stricken nation speech. he sat in the same spot

geoffrey howe had sat in for his famous cabinet resignation speech. putting the knife in to margaret thatcher. so a lot of build—up to this, from boris and his supporters who were around him to make him look popular. and the chamber was almost empty. no cabinet ministers there, no big labour beasts. you could argue they have enough going on. every big member of parliament has some sort of crisis within their own party or within brexit so it is understandable in some ways. and it was a strong speech whether you are a boris supporter or somebody who cannot stand him. it did not have the usual jokes, he cannot stand him. it did not have the usualjokes, he was certainly aiming for more serious rabbit has speech. people will say there was no bottom to it. no ideas it was more an attack on theresa may. he did call for a change. he did, an attack on theresa may. he did call fora change. he did, but

an attack on theresa may. he did call for a change. he did, but you know as well as i do having been there, this is a febrile time of the year always at westminster and in 2018, the mps i have spoken to, they consider it a poisonous time as well. the prime minister is going on a tour, we are told in the papers, during the summerand a tour, we are told in the papers, during the summer and i a tour, we are told in the papers, during the summerand i hope a tour, we are told in the papers, during the summer and i hope she finds time for one of her long walks around the welsh countryside, i think it is, to get away from it. what struck me about it was, neither side of this great debate seems to acce pt side of this great debate seems to accept that the other side got roughly 50% of the country. and i thought the idea was the referendum, when it was over, would pull everybody together. and nobody