lead in the vuelta a espana. the biggest fight of the year. we're live in vegas as golovkin and alvarez get ready for their re—match. and st helens secure this year's super league league leaders shield. hello there. lots to get through. we're starting with simon yates because he's on the verge of winning the vuelta a espana, which would make him the 3rd british rider to win a grand tour this year. he's leading the race by more than a minute and half with just one competitive stage left. joe lynskey reports. through all hills climbed in spain, the vuelta destination would come

down to the neighbours. stage 19 rides into andorra, but the welcome is deceiving. the day's last 20 kilometres would see them ride up 1,200 feet. a climb to stretch out the entire field. everyone is in first gear. but in red, simon yates faced the hills he is familiar with. he and his brother adam train and live here. it would make this a title decider played on home turf. yates‘ job to stop his rivals making up ground overall. but with ten kilometres to go, he decided not to wait for them. he moved away from the pack and towards the stage leaders. whether brave or foolish, the final miles would decide. he opened up a minute lead on the nearest challenger. as he crossed the line in second, his courage confirmed, lead extended. tonight he will take

the jersey home with him. in just one more day, it might belong there. now the long—awaited showdown between two of the best pound for pound fighters of their generation will finally go ahead tomorrow night. gennady golovkin and canelo alvarez will settle their differences in a re—match in las vegas — a year on from that controversial draw — with the unified world middleweight championship on the line once again. our reporter ade adedoyin live from vegas. looking pretty loud in there! is been a lot of talk about this fight, which is about boxing but not the failed drugs test. is bitterly controversial build—up. the first one was a draw. and then alvarez was banned for a banned substance this year. golovkin was not buying it and has been critical of alvarez in the build—up to this spot, saying he let himself down, he led his country down and that has left a bad blood between the two. in the next 30

minutes or so, on that stage behind me down there, they will weigh in for the fight. 2a hours from now, they will settle their differences in the ring and thousands of mexicans have flown into the city. really, really good atmosphere today. i spoken to lots of fans here and they'll believe that canelo alvarez will prove to be the winner. you will be the man who seemingly seems unbeatable, cannot he can often —— danny deakin often —— gennady golovkin. 0scar often —— danny deakin often —— gennady golovkin. oscar de la hoya, the promoter of this about, i spoke to him earlier this week and that after a ll to him earlier this week and that after all the controversy in the doughnut, boxer needs to be decisive. —— controversy in the build—up. we don't want any controversy. we want a decisive win. to do that, i think both men are going to have to take some risks. gennady golovkin criticised alvarez by saying he fought in on mexican like way, like he was a counter

punch her in —— counterpunch her and a traitor. a really important night for boxing and it really important for boxing and it really important for both men's careers. and we're actually going to hear in the next minutes or so, both men on that skill behind me. ade adedoyin joining me from las vegas. thank you very much forjoining us. st helens won rugby league super league's league leaders' shield after a comfortable victory at home to hull fc. they only needed a point to secure their top placing, but did it in style, winning tonight 38 points to 12. also tonight, wigan warriors made it five wins in a row. a late flurry of tries helped them to a 26—6 victory against warrington wolves in the super 8s. wakefield trinity also beat catalans dragons. super league announced earlier it will ditch the super 8 format for next season. there's also been plenty of rugby union action this evening. in the premiership, gloucester came

back from being ten points down at half time to win the west country derby against brisotl bears 35—13. —— bristol bears. the bears, who were promoted at the end of last season, led 13—3 at the break but gloucester scored five tries in the second half, two of them from charlie sharples. 0spreys' unbeaten start to the season in the pro!!! has come to a crushing end. they were beaten 49—13 by munster in limerick. 0spreys had won their opening two league matches but conceded seven tries to munster, including this one finished by wing darren sweetnam. meanwhile, edinburgh held on for their first win of the season at home to connacht. duhan van der merwe's first half try put them on their way to a 17—10 victory. football, and celtic remain second in the scottish premiership after a goalless d raw with st mirren tonight. they had to play much of the game with just ten men after 0livier ntcham was sent off for a second yellow

in the first half. it was 0ran kearney‘s first game in charge of st mirren. hearts are still top of the table, two points ahead of celtic. also tonight, west brom missed the chance to move into the championship top three after being held to a 1—1 draw against birmingham in the west midlands derby. birmingham's point takes them clear of the bottom three but they were dominant for long periods of this game. they took the lead when jota scored from close range in the first half, but the spaniard then missed the chance to put garry monk's side two up from the penalty spot. west brom punished them soon afterwards when matt phillips found the equaliser, but a point keeps the baggies three points off the league leaders. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories around today. kimi raikkonen was fastest in second practise at the singapore grand prix, leading lewis hamilton byjust over a hunderth of a second. hamilton's title rival sebastian vettel was on course to clock the fastest time until he hit the wall and finished ninth. the world anti—doping agency's

compliance committee has recommended that the russian anti—doping agency should be reinstated. the country's athletics federation have been suspended since 2015, but concerted efforts from the russian authorities to comply have prompted wada to propose a possible reinstatement. it will be discussed at a meeting next week. and great britain's crucial davis cup tie with uzbekistan is currently tied at one match all. dan evans beat dennis istomin in five sets, but cameron norrie has lost to jurabeck karimov tonight. gb is without both andy murray and kyle edmund and must win the best—of—five tie to be seeded in next year's new davis cup format. england's netball team are playing their first match since winning gold at the commonwealth games tomorrow morning. they're taking on new zealand in the quad series, which also involves south africa and gold coast silver medallists australia. the roses are looking to maintain theirform going into next year's world cup, which is being held in liverpool. this is quite exciting for us. it's

about building momentum. we were always... we were building for the world cup in liverpool. and, yes, it's a very important series for us. i'm under no illusion how it's going to be either. steph curry is regarded as one of nba's best point guards, the highest—paid player in the league and considered by many as an all—time great. well, today, he's in east london inspiring a new generation of basketball players on this side of the atlantic. he took some time out to tell our sports editor dan roan that he can relate to serena williams‘ outburst on court during the us open final and says it's important to start a conversation. i think, on the court, we all have reactions to things that happen. i have thrown mouthpieces before. i have had outbursts where you might want to take it back. but the way she handled it out of the match, with how eloquently she puts her sentiments around gender equality in her sport,

created that conversation i think that we all can kind of assess for ourselves. whether you agree with her, i think the way, one, she didn't take away from the winner, that was her moment to shine as a champion, but there were issues that serena wanted to deal with. those conversations will keep going because of how she took a stand. steph curry there. that's all from me. we'll have more sport throughout the weekend. from all of us now, it's good night. hello there and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be

bringing us tomorrow. with me are the independent‘s deputy political editor — rob merrick — and the author and broadcaster, natalie haynes. hello to both of you. ina in a moment, we will be talking about the papers. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the ft weekend leads on brexit — reporting that labour will vote against theresa may's deal for britain's exit from the eu. comments by a government advisor that parents should turn their phones off at night to set a positive example for their children make the front page of the telegraph. the i weekend leads with a scientific "brea kthrough". it says british researchers are developing a blood test for identifying those at risk of heart disease and strokes. an effort to rescue payday lender wonga, which collapsed last month, is to be led by the archbishop of canterbury to help the poor, the guardian reports. the duchess of cambridge makes

the front page of the daily mail. the paper says she is launching a campaign to help disadvantaged children. the express is reporting that dame esther rantzen‘s charity helpline for older people will not receive further funding. and the times dedicates its whole front page to a new book, which claims mi6 believed michael foot had been a paid informant of the soviet union and was prepared to warn the queen of his past when he stood to be prime minister. those are the front pages. let's ta ke those are the front pages. let's take a look at some of those stories with our guests this evening. we're going to start off with the ft. it's a brexit story. what a surprise! rob, do you want to start off? sure. but the ft tells us is they will

vote against theresa may's brexit deal if there is one. in the sense, it not really a surprise, because most people in labour, senior people in labour, have said this for some time. emily thornberry says they will and of course, if labour does en masse, except a few rebels on their own site, it would mean you would need about 15 tory rubbles against theresa may would be enough to defeat the deal. and cast us into even more chaos and confusion. the other interesting thing about this story is just how confident emily thornberry is that the situation would produce a general election. she says there was no way we would get through. i think she is being far too optimistic because even if the deal is might think it's very unlikely we will have a general election. and natalie, i'm quite

intrigued by these six tests mentioned here. yeah, i know. it's kind of disconcerting, it isn't it? whatever do we have had to be the exact same benefits and that's what we are behalf. literally nobody believes any guilt that anyone can initiate —— any guilt anyone can negotiate would have the same benefits. what they are saying is, whatever you negotiate him that we will not be in favour of it. it is what gives the whole kind of... i wonder if this is why so many people are so wonder if this is why so many people are so unengaged, because it is absolutely true if you travel around mainland europe, the most common thing is, "have you left yet?" they genuinely are not interested in the brexit negotiations at all. if you look to the outlook here, generally, people are, "i'm sure we'll be fine," and there is a vague sense that eventually everyone is just going to go, we're not going to for

that anybody. 0ne hates to a deck chairs on the titanic, but a little bit like that. almost half the british public did not think they would be serious disruption and will be left without an agreement. the government has spent weeks... the government has spent weeks... the government admitting there would be enormous scale back to the border, euro store might even run... they are shrugging their shoulders and there is no guarantee. are shrugging their shoulders and there is no guaranteelj are shrugging their shoulders and there is no guarantee. i was harassed, i could put it that way, by somebody on the street who was talking about brexit and coverage in the news. in the point was, if they could just get on with it and we will deal the fallout. what do you think about that? i think people who are rescuing the street absolutely not worth literally one second of my

time. —— arresting you in the street. it was the point of, the brexit fatigue issue. just do it and we will deal with whatever the outcome is. is that a little bit risky? it's incredibly risky but i understand where people feel that way. you have no control over it. it's impossible not to feel incredibly passive. there are huge forces at work which we have no say. it's like people prefer an earthquake or something. you can build an earthquake proof off but eventually the earthquake is going to happen. it's interesting. as you say, she is so confident there is going to be an election either in autumn or come spring. should labour then when, are they able to deliver a brexit deal? when that's going to liver the exact same benefits? exact same. no. no one can. it's