francis for prepares to welcome pope francis for a visit, we get views on the visit. and the papers as later. that's all ahead. now, it's time for sportsday. you're live at the bbc sports centre with me, chris mitchell. coming up on sports day for you. i wholeheartedly apologise — tottenham's captain and goal keeper says sorry after he's charged with drink driving. jose mourinho denies a rift with manchester united's chief executive and keeps it short with the world's media. i'm not the right guy to answer to it. i don't analyse video with my players. i'm not going to comment. and formula one is back — the spa is the scene for the belgium grand prix were ferrari were fastest in practice. we will kick—off the programme by

talking about the premier league this weekend. jojoins talking about the premier league this weekend. jo joins me. talking about the premier league this weekend. jojoins me. i really big story developing around the monday fixture, manchester united versus tottenham. tottenham's goalkeeper, hugo lloris is in real trouble with the police. what has happened? he is in a bit of hot water. he was arrested in the early hours of this morning for drink—driving by police and has been bailed until next month. no word from the club at this point. there are question marks about whether he

will or will not start that big match against manchester united on monday, but we have heard from the player himself in the last half an hour. he has issued an apology. he says: a big headache for pochettino to take. jose mourinho feels like he has a headache — why? take. jose mourinho feels like he has a headache - why? he arrived 40 minutes early for the press conference today, caught some journalists on the hoof, but luckily the bbc cameras were running. the only spoke forfour the bbc cameras were running. the only spoke for four minutes and i9 seconds. he didn't answer many questions, and a few he did answer, he didn't say much. he was fielding questions last week about whether he

had fallen out with paul pogba. this week, had he fallen out with the chief executive, ed woodward? he did not like it when he had been asked if he had been reading the negative headlines. don't ask me, because i don't read. i don't know 10% of what is written. i don't know 10% of what is written. i don't know 10% of what is coming on the tv screens. i'm not the right guy to answer to it. do you think it might be a bit of an overreaction? you are pessimistic, i am not. i don't analyse video with my players. how do i feel? i feel we played well against leicester and we woi'i. played well against leicester and we won. i feel we played well against leicester and we won. ifeel we played bad against brighton and we lost. he certainly isn't happy. he looks like a manager under pressure. to make games into the season, they have won won and

lost one. zinedine zidane is waiting in the wings should they decide that jose mourinho is not the man to take them forward. it doesn't look happy at the moment. and i am sure there will be more talk about his departure if he loses again. these the weekend. —— these are the fixtures. world will find it tough at home to manchester city. there's at home to manchester city. there's a lot of talk about raphael korine eat as's future at united. the game that sticks out for all of us has to be the london derby — arsenal versus west ham united. two managers under big pressure but as well. there are only four teams who have scored no points, and these are two of them. no permanent arsenal manager has ever started their time with two defeats. emory will be desperate not

to do that. pellegrini, the west ham boss, two games into the season, he has had to ask the fans for patients, because some of them keep leaving hourly. they are making their displeasure very vocal. two teams desperate for points this weekend. let's hear from both managers. after the first two defeats, we need on saturday to win this match against west ham. west ham are a good team, the player, a good coach, he knows very well the premier league. when we have a team with new players and new managers need time, it is true. but it is also true that football doesn't give you too much time to do it. you must try to improve on to win. this season celtic will provide free sanitary products for women at its stadium following a campaign led by a fan. erin slaven — and two friends — launched an online petition,

which gained thousands of supporters in the hope of helping end period poverty — the inabililty for some to afford essential sanitary products. i asked erin what the aim of her campaign was and why football was the place to do it. our primary aim is to get free period products in football grounds across the country and across the world. we want to increase the visibility of female fans and their needs. secondly, we want to break the taboo around periods and about menstruation and put it into public consciousness. we also want to give clu bs consciousness. we also want to give clubs that ability to show that they are forward thinking and progressive and use football as a source of good and use football as a source of good and asa and use football as a source of good and as a method of change as well. when we first went to celtic, it was men that we met with, and they were

absolutely magic. they were so cooperative unwelcoming, and they did live up to their ethos as a club open to all. online, it has been a different kettle of fish. it has been crazy, a lot of people saying, you know, this is a men's sports and this is on the ground to be talking about this. why football? why celtic? that is what we got at the start. the more time goes on and more clubs that come on board, the more clubs that come on board, the more people are becoming more accepting of this and realising it wasn't just three little accepting of this and realising it wasn'tjust three little girls with a pipe dream. it is something of substance and there is real grounds for change. we are aware that we are the minority gender in football grounds, and that's not to say that we make you feel unwelcome, because we're definitely not. i can't speak for every team, but for celtic, we have made to feel so welcome. the support is almost like a family. i think that free period products is just one small way that a club can ensure female support, that we see

you and your needs are catered for. it is 2018 - you and your needs are catered for. it is 2018 — why is this still such a taboo subject? when we thought about it at the start of the year, we couldn't think why it hadn't been thought of before. all these young women and girls and transgender men that are suffering because they can't afford period products. what would you say to a teenage girl, maybe 16 or 17, feels like she wants to go and get involved in football but this is one of the areas that put her off? maybe she is having her period and doesn't want to go. what would you say? i would say wait it out because soon they will be free at every football club. i would say, get taurine. —— get tore in. biathlete

also coming up in the programme... just who are the fiery dragons and where do they come from.... we look ahead to the challenge cup. . .. there is no link between these people. they wear their hearts on their sleep constantly. —— there is no in between. before that, the formula one returns after their mid season break. ferrari's kimi raikkonen has set the pace this afternoon in 2nd practise at the belgian grand prix. jennie gow is their for us. the summer break is well and truly over. round 13 brings us to belgian, —— belgium, spa. ferrari as fast today, do you think it will continue over the weekend? it has been very close. vettel was quickest in the first, kimi raikkonen quickest in the second. sebastian vettel was off the second. sebastian vettel was off the pace and made some mistakes. it is set up quite a nice day tomorrow, because 110 and a half in it. it

could be anyone's. red bull seemed to be off the pace again. they have fallen away since mid—season, since we got back to europe after canada. they seem to be pulling away of it. this circuit once at them. red bull can't compete against the ferrari and a mercedes. you never know what can happen. it is a race that throws up can happen. it is a race that throws up many spanners over the last two yea rs. up many spanners over the last two years. the bad and the ugly seem to be the williams and mclarens. fernando alonso has come out, now he has said he is retiring from the spot, and said there is a tit—for—tat with red bull. they offered me a seat will stop the team principals said they did not. it is a messy situation for someone leaving the sport and retiring. a messy situation for someone leaving the sport and retiringm is bizarre with fernando alonso. he said he was retiring then said he had offers to stay in with red bull. red bull deny it. he then stated all

the offer sea had, red bull still deny it. no one knows what is going on. in the end, it is a bit of a side story. alonzo is leaving at the end of the year. red bull will carry on. a bit of interesting tit—for—tat that always follows alonzo around. it certainly does. stay with us to find out what's happened here over the weekend at round 13 of the formula 1 world championship. you can stay with it on the bbc sport website. the european para athletics continues in berlin. day five there and great britain claimed the only gold medal decided out on the track in the morning session — david devine winning that in the 5000—metres. kate grey is in berlin for us. kate — a good morning. have we had a good evening too? it has been a slightly quieter evening for the british team with regard to gold medals, but plenty of other medals for the british team. a busy day for holly, who won a

bronze. a new personal best distance. —— collie mating. —— holly maton. a good day at the office for holly maton, two bronze medals within the space of a few hours. has also been a silver for rhys hours. has also been a silver for rhstones in the t 37100 metres. plenty of medals over the course of the day, but let's focus on the gold medalfrom earlier. david ervine, winning his first european title in berlin and i am pleased to say he joins me now. david, thank you for coming to speak to us. as it sank in now that you are a european champion? how are you feeling? really good. after coming second in the 1500 i wanted to get the win today. i'd make you were holding all

the lion pulled away in the final 600 metres. did you feel in control? what was it like for you? it was windy quite and that today, so i was hesitant to go to hard early, but as soon hesitant to go to hard early, but as soon as we hesitant to go to hard early, but as soon as we had two laps to go, i thought now was the time. soon as we had two laps to go, i thought now was the timem soon as we had two laps to go, i thought now was the time. it was hot and then raining, tricky conditions. you're a middle distance runner. you won two bronze medals in 2012. you have had injuries in the past few yea rs, have had injuries in the past few years, how has that been?” have had injuries in the past few years, how has that been? i was injured for three and a half years. coming back after the injury, i was taking it slow, didn't want to do anything too fast. i realised i was good over the longest. leading up to tokyo, iam good over the longest. leading up to tokyo, i am concentrating on 5000 metres and 1500 metres. hopefully see you in tokyo. enjoy the gold medal. there are athletes still in

action here. jo butterfield will hope to defend her title in the t 51 clu b hope to defend her title in the t 51 club tour. a busy weekend with plenty of british action. hoping to still be at the top of the table by the end of the competition on sunday. thanks, kate. there 5 been further success for great britain at the canoeing world championships in portugal, with lizzie broughton and jeanette chippington claiming silver and bronze medals. it takes the british team 5 total to five with two days of competition still to go. bbc olympic reporter nick hope is there for us. another stunning day here in portugal, temperatures from the mid to high 30s throughout the day. it hasn't been easy for the competitors. for jeanette chippington, it was a little cooler when she took to the water. she is the leading paralympic champion in the leading paralympic champion in the k the leading paralympic champion in thek1 the leading paralympic champion in the k 1 event. she could not keep

pace with the ukrainian competitor, who took gold. good to see this board moving forward, which pushes me as well. i am really chuffed with that. sad to lose your world championship title, but there is a lwa ys championship title, but there is always next year. rob oliver was an agonising for. lizzie broughton is traditionally a marathon distance specialist but showed talent for this printer is well with the fantastic silver this afternoon. she surprised even herself. fantastic silver this afternoon. she surprised even herselflj fantastic silver this afternoon. she surprised even herself. i was looking to make the final, then i put top five would be good. it wasn't till the last 100 metres where i realised where i was unfurled, a medal. to come away with silver is amazing. jeanette chippington is back in action on saturday going head—to—head against emma wiggs, her fellow paralympic

champion. the best of the action will be on the bbc sport website. the great britain men's wheelchair basketball team are playing for a place in the final of the world championships in germany. they've reached the semi—finals where they're playing iran. they will play the usa, the rio gold medallists, after they beat australia in the other semifinal. great news there. great britain's women have reached their first ever final at the wheelchair basketball world championships in hamburg. they put on a dominant performance to beat the hosts germany 60—37. they'll face either the netherlands or china in tomorrow's final. catalans dragons are the rank outsiders to win saturday 5 challenge cup final against warrington. catalans are appearing in the final for only the second time, while warrington will be aiming to win rugby league stop prize for a ninth time.

but the french club — who are only 18 years old — are aiming to upset the odds and write another chapter in their short history. dave woods has been to the club to find out more about them. the catalan dragons, formed of two historic clubs from prepping young. —— perpignan. an acceptance into super league, they changed their name to the club we know today. you we re name to the club we know today. you were the man who brought the teams together. how difficult was it to merge those two clubs? translation: i thought it would have been harder, but actually it went very well. that was because there was a great necessity for the two clubs to join together to face the start of rugby union, andi

together to face the start of rugby union, and i think it is what saved the rugby league here in perpignan, and it was the birth of a new great club, catalan dragons. it was impossible, but it was because it was impossible that they did it. it is funny to think that a few years after being marched, those two clubs finally went to wembley, which is a very big thing. -- after being merged. commentator: he is their! being in the final, it was amazing, very loud and we can't hear each other. it was very impressive.” very loud and we can't hear each other. it was very impressive. i was so other. it was very impressive. i was so in the desperate after the game, thinking maybe we would never come back to wembley. more than ten years later, here we are. bonjour.

translation: he has scored for the dragons. oh, lala. we prepared really well for that game. when you produce a performance like that, it's not by accident. the reaction of the fans after the final was fanatical but volatile. they are either up there or dan there. there is no in between with these people. they wear their hearts on their sleeves. they will let you know how they feel. it is a beautiful place when the sun is out. this is not an affluent area, it is tough and these people work hard for their money, and they expect their team to represent the type of people that

live here. absolutely fascinating. full coverage of the final across the bbc for you. england's women have taken bronze in the under—20 world cup after beating hosts france in a penalty shoot—out. england's goalkeeper sandy mciver made two saves, before georgia allen stepped up to secure a 4—2 victory for the lionesses. there is george allen, scoring that all—important winning goal. who said the 3rd—4th play—off doesn't mean anything? japan face spain in the final of the u20 women's world cup. our top story for you once again. hugo lloris has issued an apology after he was charged with drink driving in the early hour of this morning. jose mourinho has denied that there's a rift between him

and the united chief executive ed woodwood. the two sides meet in the premier league on monday. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more for you at half past seven. tens of thousands of people will gather in dublin to seaport france —— pope francis, who is visiting. with a series of abuse scandals engulfing the catholic church, his presence for some will cause distress and anger. we can go live to dublin, where we can speak to a survivor of clerical sexual abuse. thank you for being with us. judging bya thank you for being with us. judging by a powerful article you wrote in

the guardian, you're one of those people who sees this visit very different later that in 1979, when you were 13. indeed. when john paul ii came here, i was 13 years of age, i had been an altar boy, sang at mass every sunday. i attended a youth group in a convent. the church was everywhere in my life, and that was everywhere in my life, and that was a good thing. within a year of that visit, i had been raped by a catholic priest who had been ordained four months before the visit despite the fact that the catholic church knew that he was sexually abusing children before they ordained him. when i look back at that visit, and i remember in particularjohn paul ii saying as he looked across the crowd of 300,000 young people, young people of ireland, i love you, i think that 13—year—old me who was joyful when i heard that. and then i think about

the two decades or so to come that was blighted by the crimes of one of the priests, and more importantly by the priests, and more importantly by the cover—ups of these institutions. it is pretty heartbreaking. given all that has come to light over that period, and the fact that you are sadly one of very many people who have had similar experiences, what are you planning as pope francis comes to dublin? will first, it is important to separate out the elements of the visit. you have the spiritual leader of the catholic church coming to ireland, and thousands will go to celebrate their faith with him, and that is to be respected. but you do have an institution that will fully, with intent, covered up the abuse of children, women and vulnerable adults, on an industrial scale in this country, in institutions and

parishes, in homes where women were detained simply because they were women and because of their reproduction. it is not an allegation or a charge, it is a proven fact. francis in the vatican this week seemed intent on denying responsibility for those crimes that cover—up, and refusing to make themselves accountable. and people in ireland will no longer tolerate that deceived. we won't protest the visit. rather, we will come together to coincide with the papal mass on sunday and we will stand in the truth of what we knew. if the pope won't stand for truth, the people in ireland will. if the pope won't stand for justice, ireland will. if the pope won't stand forjustice, the people in ireland will. and if the pope non sta nford ireland will. and if the pope non stanford lublin doing what is right, then we will. we know what happened, and we won't allow that to be any more. “—

and we won't allow that to be any more. —— if the pope won't stand for love and doing what is right. what we have seen in pennsylvania, we have seen a change in language. from your point of view, nowhere near enough yet? i would ask people to look at that statement that came out this week objectively. are we really saying that it is progress when the vatican, headed by pope francis, is finally prepared to acknowledge that the activity of a sadomasochistic paedophile ring of priests, and the fa ct paedophile ring of priests, and the fact that that was covered up by bishops in that state, that that criminal selectivity —— that that is criminal selectivity —— that that is criminal activity — is that how low the bar is? there was evidence that was held in archives and was available and known to the vatican.

the vatican knew all of this was happening. again, we see a statement that seems to inch forward in terms of the strength of language. i don't think an acknowledgement that to rape a child is a crime is progress. i think it's a statement of fact. what we haven't seen in the pennsylvania report or the 2000 word letter issued by pope francis this week is the truth. we haven't seen an acknowledgement of responsibility and preparedness to be accountable. instead, we see flowery language that seeks to avoid responsibility, and that's simply not good enough. this is in the same way, by the way, as we see those statements from the vatican, two cardinals making significant statements. one in mexico, appointed by pope francis in june, said this week that those of us june, said this week that those of us who accuse the church of crimes

are wrong and he is attacking us. then a cardinal in the states dismisses the abuse and says that in the main it was, sexual activity with clerics. he is telling me that when i was raped at 14 by a priest, that wasn't a sexual crime or an offence, it was, sexual activity with a priest. that's the kind of language that does extraordinary harm. it doesn't just language that does extraordinary harm. it doesn'tjust upset and distress people, it does deep psychological harm. that's the kind of language that costs lives, and thatis of language that costs lives, and that is being spoken this week by princes of the church whom francis has not silenced, sanctioned or reboot. it is just not good enough. —— rebuked. reboot. it is just not good enough. -- rebuked. how hopeful iq that change and accountability will come? not terribly. at no point does francis say who is responsible for the cover—up or who needs to be accountable. we don't need him to tell us, we have evidence for that

in legal, judge lead enquiries in ireland and across the world. we know the vatican directed the cover—up. how can the vatican holdall bishops to account for things it instructed them to do? the vatican needs to subject itself to accountability, and a first step is for the pope to finally tell the damp truth. the time for this seat and lying by omission is over. francis needs to tell the truth, and he needs to make his institution accountable. —— the time for this seat —— the seat —— deceit. bishops in pennsylvania are trying to get changes to the law to stop victims from getting justice. if francis was interested in justice, from getting justice. if francis was interested injustice, he would not be coming to ireland but would be

going to pennsylvania to kick down doors to fire those bishops and instruct lawyers not to oppose such measures but to fight tooth and nail to deliver justice for victims. measures but to fight tooth and nail to deliverjustice for victims. he isn't, he has not, i don't believe that he will. they are not on the side of victims, and they continue to refuse to tell the plain truth. 0k. to refuse to tell the plain truth. ok. thank you for giving up your time to talk to us this evening. thank you. stay with us. we'll have more at the top of the hour. this is bbc news.

i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at seven: scotland's former first minister, alex salmond, hits back at the scottish government after being investigated over claims of sexual harassment. mr salmond said the process of investigation was unfair and unjust. he was no saint, he said, but had done nothing wrong i have made many mistakes in my life, political and personal. but i have not sexually harassed anyone and i certainly have not been engaged in criminality. but scotland's first minister said the claims of sexual harrassment could not be ignored. it is a difficult situation but what is important is that complaints are treated seriously, regardless of who the person complained about is. the daughter of a couple who died at a hotel in egypt says