at 6:30pm by nicholas owen. in a moment it is time for sportsday but let's see what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. patients are being put at risk because of diagnosing patients slowly with adhd. that is according to the royal couege adhd. that is according to the royal college of psychiatry. they say the government is failing people with adhd. from california to japan, from sweden to sudan, the mercury is nudging record temperatures with more still to come. at 8:30pm tonight we have a special programme where we find out what is actually going on and why it is so hot. coming up atio:40pm going on and why it is so hot. coming up at 10:1i0pm and 11:30pm it is the papers. joining the is the whitehall corresponded for the sun and the head of politics for the mirror. now it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday.

our main headlines this evening... having committed solely to limited overs cricket, adil rashid is selected in england's squad for the first test with india next week. and not everyone is happy about it... still smiling at the tour de france — geraint thomas stays in the leader's yellowjersey and retains a healthy lead. and burnley seek a spot in a major european competition for the first time in nearly 60 years. it all starts in europe league qualifying against aberdeen this evening. hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening, the last thing the ecb would have wanted is a club—versus—country row

going into their opening test match this summer but controversy over one of their selections means that emerged today. imagine saying in february that you would focus solely on twenty20 matches and one—dayers — only to find yourself called into the test team less than six months later. that's what's happened to yorshire's adil rashid and it hasn't pleased his club after he refused to sign a county championship deal with them. the england selectors, though, have defended their decision. moving forward with very clear, this isa moving forward with very clear, this is a unusual set of circumstances which we have discussed. moving forward for players to be eligible to play for england in the test team starting from next year, they have to have a contract to play red bull cricket. they need to be to make committed to the championship as well as test cricket. moving forward , well as test cricket. moving forward, it will not be the case that you can say that you don't want to play county cricket ground adil

rashid understand that, he is in no doubt about the position of england on that. he knows that next year he will need to have a red bull contract will need to have a red bull co ntra ct if will need to have a red bull contract if he wants to be available for selection in test cricket. the situation we find ourselves in now is unusual. he has already signed a contract with yorkshire and that seems to be fixed. as a result, we are prepared to consider him for selection for the summer and fall the winter. welsh cycling fans must be biting their nails as the end of this year's tour de france draws nearer and nearer. after yesterday's gruelling climb, some respite of sorts for the riders with today's 18th stage — a rather flat 171 kilometres into the city of pau. geraint thomas held onto the leader's yellowjersey, and stays 1:59 clear of second placed tom dumoulin. after a stage won by home favourite arnaud demaire, as nick parrott reports. after a hard mountain stage yesterday, this was a chance for tour leader geraint thomas to conserve his energy ahead of another big challenge tomorrow. the flat io6—mile stage to pau

southern france should have been trouble—free for the main contenders. while the terrain did not pose a challenge, riding in a large group of riders it is always hazardous. after winning yesterday's stage, he was brought back down to earth. running repairs allowed him tojoin the main group but 30 riders have failed to make it this far. the colombian who is fifth overall will be hoping his injuries don't end his race. at the sharp end, arnaud demaire won the battle of the sprinters to take the stage victory. thomas crossed the line shortly after. they say the probability of winning the tour rests with geraint thomas as tomorrow's mountain stage will be chris froome's last chance to get back into contention. so a big result drawing close for a briton on the continent but who is going to be making their way abroad for some europa league football this season? we're into the second qualifying round and two british sides go head to head as burnley

of the premier league face scottish premiership side aberdeen. it will be fiercely contested and watched by 5live's conor mcnamara who is at pittodrie. we weren't working towards thinking we we re we weren't working towards thinking we were going to europe, we wanted to stay in the lead when i first came in, turning itaround financially and on the playing staff. and rebuilding somewhat. to say that we were planning on being here would be a little bit too grandiose i would say. it has led here and it is a reality. now we are looking forward to it.” here and it is a reality. now we are looking forward to it. i can't wait for the game to be honest. it is the first competitive game which is always highly anticipated. this is the first proper game and the fact that it the first proper game and the fact thatitis the first proper game and the fact that it is against burnley has grabbed all the attention. i want my players to be able to produce a performance at this early stage of the season, a performance that we

are capable of. and hopefully we can because if we can, we will be in the game and it is important to me. it's wales versus gibraltar a little bit later on as well as the new saints take on lincoln red imps. the saints won't be complacent though after they dropped out of champions league qualifying at the hands of macedonian side shkendija. here's the view of the managers ahead of their first leg... the winner of that one takes on astana or midtjylland in the next round so no easy route through regardless. elsewhere tonight... rangers and hibernian are both in action in the second round of europa league qualifying later on... rangers are in croatia to take on osijek while hibs hosts greek side asteras tripolis. .. well, before some teams get into the competitive action — there is still the matter of preseason matches. manchester city and liverpool played some cracking matches last season all of them won by the mersysiders and they kept up that good run

against the premier league champions with a 2—1 win in newjersey. simon stone was there for us. an injury time penalty from saudi omani gave liverpool victory against manchester city here at the giants stadium in newjersey. but the name everybody wanted to talk about was most a la. 44 goals he got for liverpool last season, 52 seconds it took to score tonight after coming on as took to score tonight after coming onasa took to score tonight after coming on as a substitute. it is likely as never been away. i think it was his first touch and mo salah getting that many good position that he will a lwa ys that many good position that he will always have a good to score. he could have had a hat—trick. good on him and it is good to have him back. three of them got their first minutes so it is good for them and it will stand us in good stead. of course we wanted to win but there are still a lot of players from our team missing that played the world

cup. very soon we will be with them and we will be stronger. manchester city have one more game to play against by munich in miami. liverpool move on to the small matter of manchester united at the 107,000 bakehouse in michigan. elsewhere, penalties were needed to separate both arsenal and atletico madrid and manchester united and ac milan. arsenal lost their shoot out 3—1 while united won theirs 9—8 after a marathon 26 penalty kicks. there was some good news today for football fans far and wide as they got a glimpse of a healthy and refreshed—looking sir alex ferguson. manchester united posted a message from their former manager on social media as he thanked those who cared for him after the emergency surgery he had on a brain haemorrage in may. just a quick message first of all to thank the medical staff at macclesfield, salford royal and alexander hospitals. without those people gave me such

great care i wouldn't be sitting here today. thank you from me and my family. thank you very much. it has made me feel so humble as all the messages i have had from all over the world wishing me the best and the good wishes do resonate very strongly with me. thank you for that support you have given me. lastly, i will be back later in the season to watch the team and in the meantime, all of the best to jose all of the best tojose and the players. nice to see sir alex looking so well. now, there's still more to come on the programme. we'll have the latest from the hockey world cup where ireland have become the first team to book their place in the quarter—finals and leave england looking for a play—off spot. and does golf need to take a look at how it's perceived in order to attract new fans and participants?

the scottish football association says it's sorry — but that it didn't fail the children of scotland over historic child sex abuse. that's the view of its chief executive, ian maxwell, who was speaking after the release of an interim report highlighting failings in scottish football over the issue. our senior football reporter chris mclaughlin is outside hampden park this evening. this interim report was commissioned by the scottish fa here at hampden park after a number of cases of child sexual abuse came to light. it isa63 child sexual abuse came to light. it is a 63 pages long, it has 95 recommendations and it is a damning indictment of scottish football's ability to deal with the issue. it has taken over one year to investigate and compile and the report says the sfa's procedures are not fit for purpose. for that reason, children remain at risk.

lessons must be learned, it says, those who failed brought to account. i would absolutely offer a sincere apology to anybody who has been the victim of any abuse in scottish would all. i think they should take comfort from the fact that we have undertaken the review, we commissioned it ourselves to understand the lessons from experiences to equip us to be better prepared moving forward. as the s s hin prepared moving forward. as the s s h in the past failed the children of scotland? i don't believe so. i mean, asi scotland? i don't believe so. i mean, as i said, the poll looked at what happened previously and what lessons could be learned and how we would drag our association forward. it is important to be aware of what happened in the past but it is important that we understand what we are in the present and where we are going. the past though is painful. peter suffered years of sexual abuse

at the hands of an s s h official. peter suffered years of abuse at the hands of sfa officials. his victims can only wonder what if? if those recommendations had been in place way back then, could have prevented what happened to you? absolutely. and if the sfa and the other clubs in scotland do not act on these recommendations, what could happen to other peoples children? so how many more victims are out there? and does it remain a problem? we in the review believe that the vast majority of people who have been affected by this have still not come forward. why do i say that? because a lot of the people who did come

forward talked about their friends and people that the new they believed had been affected by this issue. but have never spoken out or come forward. this has been and will continue to be a turbulent period for scottish football as it tries to make sense of the past. and in terms of child protection, convince the public that it has a safe future. the findings make for some grim reading for a game that is being accused of being asleep at the wheel, it is time to wake up. for others, it is time to move on. rather than this being a burden, i feel as if i am part of a legacy. in terms of those recommendations themselves, as i mentioned the lengthy list, 95 in total. some of them more money, better education, clear lines of command at the sfa, a need for greater accountability from

clu bs need for greater accountability from clubs around affiliated youth clubs. also a twist in this story this evening because peter, the victim who we heard from in my report there, he got in touch to say that he was appalled and insulted beyond words and the response given by the sfa chief executive ian maxwell when i asked him if the sfa have failed the children of scotland. just ten 01’ the children of scotland. just ten or 15 minutes ago, ian maxwell himself called me to say that he had beenin himself called me to say that he had been in touch with peter to say that he basically got the ants to that question wrong. he is due to meet him this week to explain more. as you can imagine, this is a very sensitive subject and emotions are running high. thank you so much for that, chris. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories around former two weight ufc world champion conor mcgregor and former two weight ufc world

champion conor mcgregor has avoided prison in the united states after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct in new york. mcgregor had faced multiple charges after attacking a bus of other fighters in april. the irishman is now required to undergo anger management treatment and community service. former england full back ben foden has signed a deal to become player/coach at new york—based rugby united, who are joining the new ‘major league rugby‘ next season. foden has won 32 england caps but says america ‘is there is be cracked'. british—registered women's cycling team wiggle high5 will not return next year after reportedly struggling to find a main sponsor for next season. the team started in 2013 and the likes of laura kenny and joanna rowsell shand have previously ridden for it. england can no longer qualify automatically for the quarter—finals at the women's hockey world cup after the second—lowest ranked team — ireland — secured a shock victory over india. the green army beat the side ranked fifth in the world 1—0 thanks to anna o'flanagan's deflected effort. the result means ireland — who are competing in their first world cup in 16 years —

will top pool b and have guaranteed their place in the quarterfinals. england face ireland this sunday to determine where they will finish in the group. it is an absolute dream experience. we were pinching ourselves for a couple of days anyway but it is brilliant for us. it wasn't outside the realms of possibility for this team. we came here with the belief, we did our homework and played a lot of the teams in our pool before and knew we could get a result. it is an unbelievable experience. earlier, spain dominated south africa in their second group game of the tournament. two first—quarter goals started the upset. south africa only got a look—in in the third quarter, pulling one back, but the spanish side was unstoppable — it finished 7—1. it moves them up to third in their pool and leaves the south africans facing an uphill battle to qualify for the quarterfinals.

after the fantastic end and reaction to golf‘s open championship last weekend you might be surprised to find out participation has been falling. in fact, over the last decade clubs have been closing across britain at an alarming rate. it's led to calls for dress codes to be relaxed and social media bans on fairways lifted. in lincolnshire, the game dates back to the late 19th century and sarah corker has been finding out what's being done to attract a new audience there. golf is trying to broaden its appeal, shake off a stuffy elitist image. at the home of england golf, they are leading the charge to attract more women. it isjust having golf clubs coming to the future. and not being so stuck in their old ways. i used to play a long time ago but then full—time work and kids and everything got in the way. i sort of miss that a lot.

you see more ladies out on the golf course, you see more ladies out on the golf course , even you see more ladies out on the golf course, evenjust you see more ladies out on the golf course, even just walking you see more ladies out on the golf course, evenjust walking past. you think golf has a bit of an image problem? i think it has had, times have changed and they need to move on. some have got stuck and some are getting there. a third of the lessons at this club are now taken by women. it is the ideal time to have a go. we are spending a fortune. the exercise, displaying nine holes, you can walk four miles. this club is one of linkage's goldust, founded 1891. the game's long history as to its charm. it is also part of the problem and some clu bs a re also part of the problem and some clubs are finding themselves in a bit of a hole. in england, golf is worth £3.11 billion to the economy. between 2004 and worth £3.4 billion to the economy. between 2004 and 2013, one in five golfers gave up their club membership. the latest survey of

golf clubs conducted every two years shows a slight reversal with the average number of members per club increasing. since this council — run course shut last year, it has been targeted by vandals and set on fire. what was this course like last year in its heyday? everybody playing in scunthorpe played in its heyday? everybody playing in scu nthorpe played here in its heyday? everybody playing in scunthorpe played here as their first course. you would be queueing for one hour to start playing. to see it now, how does that make you feel? it sickens me because i know this course would have been full of schoolchildren. in tones of all, they speak of the old course... this is the perception the sport is trying to distance itself from. strict dress codes, male—dominated and the high cost of the game on wallets a nd and the high cost of the game on wallets and ties. and golf is loosening up with a bright and bold new campaign. it is that next

generation of golfers who it is hoped will play at this new club in east yorkshire. this course closed five years ago but it is set to reopen with a new business model links to a luxury holiday park. they haven't got as much time, they don't seek to have the whole day gone in a round of golf.