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time for sportsday. hello there. this is sports day. good evening. these are your headlines. it is moving day at the opening in tiger woods is in charge. chris froome is again targeted by spectators and tour de france. also coming up, second, at the anniversary games in a high—class 100 metres. in even fight back at a draw at their opening match in the women's hockey world cup. evening, so much to pack in over

the next half an hour but let's get straight to the golf, it's moving day at the open, the third round at carnoustie and it is turning into a thriller, the top of the leaderboard could hardly be tighter. the conditions on the east coast of scotland have helped. justin rose, who just made the cut, set the tone with a blistering round of 64, but others have followed, including tiger woods who shot his lowest round at a major since 2011. let's cross live to carnoustie now and speak to live john watson. almost perfect conditions. who has been making it today? perfect conditions as you say.

an open championship which is proving too no doubt about it. around went to justin rose. more impressive if you consider he needed that birdie putts oi'i consider he needed that birdie putts on the last night to ensure that he even made the cut. he did that and came out reborn today with an impressive round to move from 3/24 under par. no doubt the story of the date was it goes to tiger woods. did we ever envision we would see his name back close to the top of the leaderboa rd. name back close to the top of the leaderboard. when you consider the battles with form and fitness that he has been proved that he is there it five under par and he is certainly given the spectators here today a sense of belief that he mightjust do today a sense of belief that he might just do something today a sense of belief that he mightjust do something magical tomorrow. adam wilde can. they call saturday

the open moving day. now the real competition gets going. leading the way, justin rose, no one has ever done better at carnoustie. commanding the early attention until tiger came to the tee. tiger woods three times a champion, reminding everyone what the game is has been missing. whilst he was moving up the leaderboard, others were following. jordan spieth, last year's winner, an early eagle, an ominous sign. the open now wide open, this was tommy fleetwood taking a share of the lead. there were plenty on course to wrestle it away again. and now rory mcilroy is having his say. no one has been allowed to feel at home on moving day.

adam wilde, bbc news. let's take a look at the leaderboard. jordan spieth out in front, he got his round off superbly then it is rory mcilroy with zach johnson also and that is the name tiger woods at five under. justin rose putting himself into contention with that without listing round of 64 today on four under par. it was really interesting here, hearing the thoughts of tiger woods coming into this open championship. he felt that this open championship. he felt that this was his best chance of winning another major. he has not won a major since the us open in 2008, his last open championship came in 2006, but he has pulled himself into contention in what is going to be a fascinating final day tomorrow. 14

justin rose, should he win here? i am realistic that might be with the margin he has to make up, he could move to world number one, and when his first open championship as well. remarkable to think it was some 20 yea rs remarkable to think it was some 20 years ago when he produced his best open finish, when he was for fourth, when he chipped in as an amateur. what a performance that was. you wonder what he can produce tomorrow. let's hear from the two big stories of the day, tiger woods. let's hear from the two big stories of the day, tiger woodslj let's hear from the two big stories of the day, tiger woods. i have shown that i have been close enough for the chance to win this year. given what happened in the last two years, idid given what happened in the last two years, i did not know if that would ever happen again but here i am. with a chance coming on sunday, a major championship and find. one bunker at the wrong time, so yeah, i kept together mentally. concentrated more today, i felt a bit more kept together mentally. concentrated

more today, ifelt a bit more in control, with my game in my swing, to keep up clean sheet of this course is leads stupid stuff. massive boost forjustin rose ignited that tricky round. david ledbetter, the former coach, is with me. has that surprise you from tiger woods today? i actually thought, i was wondering when he was going to break out of his shell. he had been playing very well in the last few weeks, it has been trending as they say. he loves links scotland and the fa ct say. he loves links scotland and the fact he could mix it up, he was a little more aggressive today, hold a few putts and he is right there. it isa few putts and he is right there. it is a packed leaderboard. it is not a lwa ys is a packed leaderboard. it is not always easier when you have a lot of players pushing you. for off the leader, is that too much? no, that is not too much. 65 or 66, something in the nature, the wind is when you get up tomorrow, i ensure he is hoping it is really windy, is that

is his greatest opportunity. you have been saying, coming into this open championship, the need for the britts to try to wrestle back control of those majors, the americans dominating currently, the will of those in the pack could halt the american charge? he had a so-so day today, justin is out there, listen, it is packed with americans. the americans love these conditions, these young players over there now, they can play in all sorts of conditions, and they are going to be tough to beat. we may find the american a tough leaderboard. what do you think they will do? do think it will try to toughen up the later? as we see on the leaderboard, a lot of the players in red today. do you think it needs to toughen up? we have not had those really tough conditions. the wind has not been blowing all that much, a little bit of grey yesterday, do you think that

will change with yellow that will probably took a few pins, but on all accounts, we are going to have up to 20 miles an hour winds, accounts, we are going to have up to 20 miles an hourwinds, and accounts, we are going to have up to 20 miles an hour winds, and that is when to change things. it was very benign, the easiest condition, if you cannot score today, you're not going to score. i think the old lady carnoustie might show her teeth tomorrow, and be a different situation succulent dated october carl nasty for nothing. with the extra win tomorrow, it could make things a little more open than the rtr, but there is no doubt about it, it could not be closer it is open in chairmanship, which looks set to be a fascinating final day tomorrow. what that lewis hamilton's weekend plans have not been going to plan. he will start the german grand prix from 14th on the grid. yum at the mercedes driver, his main title

rival, took the pole for farah rate, much to the light of the home crowd. lewis hamilton might have celebrated pole position but when he came to the race, his contact sent him to the race, his contact sent him to the back of the field and it was another crushing blow in his championship challenge. this weekend, things have not started much better. with a hydraulic failure for the champion. this was the minute when his dreams went up in dust. hitting it damaged his mercedes to the point he could not continue in qualifying. stopped. loss of hydraulic. he tried to get back to the pits to finish, but was too far out. getting stranded on the track moves them down to 14th on the grid, and will make closing the gap to championship leader sebastian and almost impossible task. and to

compound the problems, circuits that usually favour mercedes are now being obtained by ferrari. hamilton's team—mates at the time to be, but the silverjews were short—lived. he smashed a by two tenths of a second, delighting his fans with a fifth pole of the season. the last time this race was held two years ago, hamilton led every lap. he will be confident to win on sunday. i felt the car to do it. sometimes you just know. you still have to do it. and itjust kept getting better and i knew that for the last lap, i had a little bit in me, and i was able to squeeze everything out so still a bit full of adrenaline. lewis hamilton after the sessions told me when i asked him if it was the bumping lightly on the curve that cause the hydraulic failure, he said no, but it subsequently turned out that mercedes have gone forward and said the initial hit to the curb did

calls the hydraulic failure and subsequent power stealing loss of it, whatever happens it is going to bea it, whatever happens it is going to be a tough day. as he close his way back from 14th on the grid. when that thomas is still leading, and kept his rivals in state, including the reigning champion chris froome. thomas lead still over a minute and a half. at the spectator through liquid, as he and thomas finished 18 minutes behind, the spaniard with a gutsy finish in his main win of the tournament. only eight stages to go, is he now the favour for the tour? there is only eight stages to go, is he now the favourfor the tour? there is no doubt the victory will not be a straight one. there's also no doubt that these guys are controlling

race. yet froome continues to keep a watchful eye on his team—mate. on another hot day, the breakaway group walked the tightrope early. 32 men taking the pledge over 150 km, but in this age 14. and onlyjust, omar had a chance of winning it, with a brute of a final climb, the former tired and the letter sped past them. before earning the biggest win of his career. thomas and froome were nearly 20 minutes behind, with the winner again having to do with provocation. water thrown at him, but team—mates crossed the line together. it is as you were in the general classification and thomas still leads by 99 with seven stages to go. world cup fever has returned this weekend, as the women's hockey world cup got under way in london. ireland are taking

on the united states right now but england began their bid for home glory earlier this afternoon against india at the lee valley stadium, from where we can talk to our reporterjo currie. to be fairto to be fair to him yet, they are not acting. there were nervous moments amongst the team, him in front of a sell—out crowd. here's a look back at how the day went. a home world cup only comes around once—in—a—lifetime and when it rolls in to london, no one wants to miss out. the golden girls, the star attraction on the opening date. not even the sweltering heat stops 10,500 people. ken england's women set it alight as they make their bid for the first time. with the

atmosphere bubbling, england push for early on but again and again chances went begging. and that they we re chances went begging. and that they were made to route those missed opportunities when india silenced the stadium with this goal. england claimed, they said it struck below the knee. goal given. pride dented but still intact. it brought a change of pace. at times like this, you need a cat to delete from the front. she tried but even alex could not find a way through. as time running out, in the went broke, in favour of another alpha player. almost instant success. with the smallest attaches, to make a big difference. the drop was rescued. fans headed hero. it is really daunting experience to play in front of this many people, supporting us. you just want to do everything to make him proud and yes, i am very emotional about it, how may people have come out to see us, it

definitely was out of the last quarter, and you everyone is behind you and wishing you well. not the dominant performance everyone expected, the title bid is still at least very much intact. but next, england in this world cup is usa on wednesday night at apl. that might just also be a sell—out crowd but england is going to have to step up against if they want to keep this world cup campaign on track or it could end before it even really got started. jo curry, bbc news. they had just been beaten by ireland. the green army, the top of their group for nine. a brilliant start for ireland in what is their first world cup in 16 years. earlier in the first match of the day, germany enjoyed a comfortable victory, 3—1, we will see two goals and this one, final match taking place that eight o'clock with japan

and destroy of. still coming up, we are in chicago. it is the 15th anniversary of the special olympics. and we saw the hockey world cup taking part, plays at the queen elizabeth olympic park at the other end of it, or some of the worlds top athletes are competing at the london anniversary games this weekend. at the london stadium. high hopes there, he was nearly beaten. great britain took first and second in the women's long jump. it was also a world record in the men's 3000 metre. the anniversary games is one of the highlights on the calendar in the first they did not disappoint. the men's100 metres with a world—class of field with britain hoping to improve. it was one of the best 100 metres finals here on british soil with six of the athlete

going at a sub ten seconds. hughes had to settle for silver. i am feeling really proud of myself. i am not really 100 metre runner, and for me, seeing what i can do in the 100. i am really happy with the way i ran today. i had composure, not thinking about the guys who get ahead of me, and relaxed and ran to the finish line. the crowd was treated to a british battle in the women's long jump. both jumping close to seven metres but it was proctor that did a seasons best to take the gold and securing her place on the european changes in berlin injust a few weeks' time. i do not feel as sharp today so if i can pull a good job today, i can go back and find some things and be sharper for europe.

winning the 200 metres and staff winning the long jump. the biggest surprise of the day with tom bosworth breaking the world record in 3000 metres. it was one of the first races of the day and he added to the silver medal that he won at the commonwealth games earlier in the year. there will be plenty more action tomorrow, all hoping to impress the home crowd here in london. also at the london stadium today, great britain women's 4x400m relay team, which originally finshed fifth finished 5th at the 2008 beijing olympics, received retrospective bronze medals. christine ohuruogu, kelly sotherton, marilyn okoro and nicola sanders were promoted to fourth when russia were disqualified after samples were reanalysed in 2016. they were then promoted to bronze when a belarussian athlete tested positive. there was also a bizarre incident at the anniversary games in the women's 3000 metres...

where ethiopian runner fantu worku was leading the race but inexplicably stopped running with just 200 metres left allowing the rest of the field to pass her. it's not clear whether she thought she was at the finish line or frankly what was going on? given that you have to feel for. let's have a quick look at some of the other action around today. sea of class, trained by william haggas and ridden byjames doyle, won the irish oaks at the curragh this afternoon. doyle, who won three races at the meet, timed his charge to perfection — just taking the win ahead of "forever together". hampshire are up against essex in the t20 blast at chelmsford. the home side made 170 for five from their 20 overs, pincher heading for victory.

in rugby league, catalans dragons are looking like confirming their super league status. the need to beat salford to avoid the bottom four and are currently leading comfortably by 44 points to ten with only a few minutes to go both ireland and wales,. celebrations have been taking place in chicago to mark the 50th anniversary of the special olympics — a sporting competition for athletes with learning difficulties. the movement — which has led to millions competing around the world — began in chicago injuly 1968. stuart pollitt reports. 50 years ago, soldier field here in chicago played host to the first special olympics. it was idea of the city authorities and eunice kennedy shriver, the sister of former presidentjohn f kennedy. what they wanted to achieve was to bring those

with intellectual disabilities out of the shadows and into the sporting spotlight. half a century later, some of those athletes who competed that day were back here to mark this anniversary. they were joined by special olympics athletes from around the world to see how much this movement had achieved for those who needed it. today i feel it is so surreal to be here onjuly 20 at the same time at the same field 50 years ago, when the world changed. the world witnessed for the first time, a sports competition for people with intellectual disabilities. many of the participants needed to leave institutions in which they lived to travel to chicago to compete. it was their chance, their moment to show the world what they could accomplish. the flame of hope is just one of a series of events happening across this weekend. there has been a unified cup football tournament where players with learning difficulties have been playing alongside theirfriends

and colleagues. landmarks around the world have also turned red to mark the special olympics anniversary, among the places involved has been the sydney opera house, the empire state building and the london eye. from humble beginnings in front ofjust a few hundred people here 50 years ago, now 5 million athletes in 170 countries compete in sports. stuart pollitt, bbc news, chicago. that's all from sportsday. the third round of carnoustie has just finished. we have a three way tie. all on nine under. tiger woods four shots back. british hopes tommy fleetwood and rory mcilroy, it is going to be a cracker. the highlights of the next couple of minutes. i am looking for to tomorrow. on the adversities. that is all for sports day. we will have

more for you throughout the evening. bye for now. it looked like the hot weather is going to return. the heat wave is back next week and exactly how hot it is going to get is not quite sure, but temperatures will be well into the 30s across some southern parts for some of us this is great news, for others it is very bad news. of course not an awful lot of rain. the short—term is the weekend, it is not pointing that out all. for most of us, very warm in the south. i think very warm and sunny for tomorrow, with the risk of some showers, but also quite cloudy. this is today's weather map, moving into

northwestern areas, we have got a lot of cloud stop. not an awful lot of rain, this weather system is bringing but murky clouding, humid airfrom the bringing but murky clouding, humid air from the atlantic, so bringing but murky clouding, humid airfrom the atlantic, so many bringing but murky clouding, humid air from the atlantic, so many areas will be quite murky and bcm places, temperatures overnight, 18 in london, 15 in belfast, that is your overnight low. this is normally will begin the daytime airing this time of year. tomorrow starts out fairly cloudy, clouds will eventually break up cloudy, clouds will eventually break up across eastern areas, from scotla nd up across eastern areas, from scotland down the coast, and further inland. we are looking at a mostly sunny day, very warm if not hot. temperatures up to 28 in london. run—of—the—mill temperature for now. the mid—20s, even 25 for aberdeen, the western scotland noticed we have some outbreaks of rain here and that

is how we are worked in the weekend. it is going to be absolute fine. the next week ahead, we will see atla ntic next week ahead, we will see atlantic weather systems trying to push them, they just atlantic weather systems trying to push them, theyjust do not make their way push them, theyjust do not make theirway in, to push them, theyjust do not make their way in, to the south, will start to see hot air coming in once again all the way from spain and portugal and all the way from africa, the hot air will be spinning in across many parts of europe so we will be getting into the 30s. the heat wave is coming but it looks as though it will be approaching, mostly across england and just into wales so it looks as though slightly fresher air will be across scotland and northern ireland. look at that. this is extraordinary. all week, the temperatures might be over 30 celsius. as i say, great news for some of us, terrible for others.

this is bbc news i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 8:00pm: not so smart smart meters? a criticism of delays in the multi—billion pound roll—out scheme — which may only save some customers £11 a year. fresh investigations into the novichok nerve agent attack in salisbury — as wiltshire police widen their search. president trump tweets his response to an alleged tape recording regarding a payment to a playboy model, saying he did "nothing wrong". police seize 1.6 tonnes of cocaine off the coast of cornwall as two dutch men are remanded in custody. also this hour — hundreds of people have attended a candlelit vigil in honour of the 17 people killed when a missouri tour boat capsized. nine members of the same family are confirmed to have died. one of the surviving members of that family spoke of her trauma. i was yelling, i was screaming.