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picked up a draw against their opponents but ahead of the match tonight they had coach said that he expects courier to cause some headaches. korea are an awkward side, they probably will sit deep and counterattack and they are a corner threat and very different to what we're used to. so it is going to be an interesting challenge for some less experienced players but without very good at just setting the team up and facing what is coming. so i'm also joined by the former england and great wigan midfielder sally walton. england have not hit top gear yet, how much ofa have not hit top gear yet, how much of a challenge today face? courier have great core skills and they're one of the best in the world, we will need a strong performance to get past them tonight. how will england prepare for it? the student —— the same as they do for any other team, they do their homework, they
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will set up in training and play how they would play but they will have their tactics audit. a lot has been made about the england short corner routines and the fact that they're not going to plan. why are they so important? there a chance to get a set piece, when you have any numerical advantage towards the goal. it is a big thing for hockey to try to win multi—corners and the stats have suggested that by getting penalty corners you should be looking for a one in three conversion ratio. england are struggling with that as our other nations this tournament and we will be looking to improve on those stats. what is going wrong for england? it isjust not quite clicking, only by margins butjust looking for those final connections. england were one of the favourites coming into the tournament, they're not hitting top gear yet, is that down to the nerves? i think it is a slow burner, every game they have
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improved and had but possession. it isjust a small margins, just making those connections. now what is the chatter like in the squad? it is confident, every game from now on in isa confident, every game from now on in is a must win game, you must be do team in front of youth so they go in with good odds of winning the game. they are really up for it. so england up for it and confident. and you can see that on 5 live sports extra tonight. yesterday tyson fury was very bullish about a potential fight with the american deontay wilder which could see him reclaim one of the heavyweight belts that he was stripped of following a drugs ban. well fury‘s been speaking again today at a public workout ahead of his next fight in belfast in a couple of weeks , and though he says he's still certain a fight with wilder will happen, it's not on his mind just yet. i'm not even interested in that
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deontay wilder fight at the moment, i'm concentrating on the fight i had in hand, it binds well be a million yea rs in hand, it binds well be a million years away. but how likely do think it is likely to happen after the next contest? 1000%, 1,000,000%, it is likely to happen after the next contest? 100096, 1,000,00096, it is guaranteed. but i'm not interested in deontay wilder, he may as well be the christmas fairy. here's a quick look at some of today's other headlines. the scotland rugby union head coach gregor townsend has been given a 2 year contract extension. the current deal ended after next years world cup injapan but he'll now stay in charge through to 2021. gareth bale looks like he's still wanted by real madrid. out of favour for much of last season, the new manager julen lopetegui has outlined how important the welshman is to the club after the departure of christino ronaldo. and odds—on—favourite stradivarius ridden by andrea atzeni
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has won back—to—back goodwood cups after taking the lead in the finalfurlong. frankie dettori was due to take the ride but is currently supended for careless riding. 66 of great britain 5 leading sailors are in denmark with a first chance to qualify for the 2020 tokyo olympics. olympic champion hannah mills is amongst those at the 10 day world championships that start on thursday in aarhus. bbc olympic reporter nick hope has been to meet mills and her new partner in the a70 class eilidh mcintyre. having followed the london 2012 silver with this gold medal hannah mills considered joining partner saskia, in retirement but the chance to make history as the most successful woman in olympic sailing through too tempting. it is very ha rd to retire through too tempting. it is very hard to retire after the olympics, the build—up, just everything is put into it and you are exhausted and thinking you cannot do it again and
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then the two weeks of the olympics is just so then the two weeks of the olympics isjust so good. then the two weeks of the olympics is just so good. ijust then the two weeks of the olympics is just so good. i just wanted then the two weeks of the olympics is just so good. ijust wanted to do it again, it was such a great experience. office 2000 record of ring the most successful female olympic sailor saw a few things push me towards tokyo. mills would need a gold medal at tokyo to achieve that piece of history. the early signs are encouraging alongside her new partner ellie mcintyre. we had much mocked up at the two events last summer mocked up at the two events last summerand we nailed mocked up at the two events last summer and we nailed the first one having done a couple of days of training and then we came second so i think that was a pretty good start early on. it may be another two yea rs early on. it may be another two years to go until the next olympics but the preparation really starts to mmp but the preparation really starts to ramp up to another level now and the world championships in denmark will give them a real sense of where they stand on the global scale and also is likely to be contenders for those medals in tokyo. the world
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championships is prestigious and eve ryo ne championships is prestigious and everyone wants to save their world champion. there's so much that we can do as a team and we can go into tokyo really been a dominant team, we need to start winning as much as we need to start winning as much as we can because then the more people believe that they cannot beat you. that's all for now. just a reminder of our top story. on the eve of the first test against india at edgbaston tomorrow england have named their team and adil rashid will play his first test on home soil. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. the temperatures are set to soar
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across europe in the coming days and the heatwave will return to southern britain, with temperatures in excess of 30 degrees and actually warming up of 30 degrees and actually warming up across of 30 degrees and actually warming up across many parts of the country. the heatwave will be mostly across southern and south—eastern parts of the country. in the short term we have a weather frontjust to the north west of the uk, that is bringing cloud and rain to western parts of scotland but what we will see into the weekend is extremely hotair see into the weekend is extremely hot air drifting from spain and portugal across france and moving right across europe and just with the south—eastern quadrant of the uk. so we will be feeling the heat. for now i think the weather is going to be relatively cool across most of the uk and certainly overnight. lots of clear skies across england and wales. and temperatures around 13 degrees. then tomorrow lots of
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sunshine across many central and eastern and southern parts of the uk. in the west later found an over and we do expect some rainfall in belfast and parts of scotland. but very warm if not hot in the south—east with temperatures already in the mid—to high 20s. through the course of thursday we still have a weather system crossing the country but increasingly be start to see high pressure building across the south. that is the sign of things to come and that means the weather is improving, drying out with more sunshine. but notice across north—western areas will still have cooler conditions but even here temperatures will be rising on thursday. and we could hit 30 degrees in the south—east already on
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thursday and that is when the heatwave well and truly kicks in. northern parts of the country will be warming up with temperatures into the 20s for newcastle, how fast. the real heat will be reserved for the southern, and south—eastern parts of the country. up to 33 in london. this is bbc news i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 7:00... a man is jailed for 17 years for the manslaughter of a nurse who died after being splashed head to toe with acid. it's emerged the royal navy rescued the manchester arena suicide bomber from libya's civil war, three years before he carried out the attack. also this hour — president trump says collusion is not a crime — with timing that coincides with the opening of the first case brought by prosecutors investigating alleged links to russia. mr trump's former campaign
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manager paul manafort, faces tax and bank fraud charges although the case doesn't allege collusion. facebook says it's removed accounts thought to have been set up to influence this years mid—term us elections.

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