going on a spending spree. we have a self—sustaining business model at this football club. that means all the investments they make on the pitch are funded by the revenue they generate off the pitch and that is sent by article relationship between on and off the pitch we talk about, we are really confident we can be successful with this model. i think the ambition we have at this club is completely possible to be achieved in the business model we have got. the rape and death threats sent to chelsea women's captain karen carney have been reported to police by the football association and her club. the threats followed chelsea's victory over fiorentina in the champions league on wednesday. the fa say they're "appalled" and "dismayed" and carney has recently released this statement in which she confirmed the matter was in the hands of the police. carney posted this on social media today... lewis hamilton's prospects

of a fifth world title are looking good after he was quickest in second practice for the us grand prix in austin, texas. his hopes has been further strengthened after his nearest rival sebastian vettel was handed a three—place grid penalty. with more, here's nick parrott. when a drink in formula 1, there's less fu n when a drink in formula 1, there's less fun to be found on the track. the high risk reduces a running time. fans and then have to amuse themselves. with a feathered title within reach, it was house and giving it pokerface on. playing it safe by staying in the garage. —— with a third. sebastian vettel could not afford that one tree and it cost him. speaking during a red flag for the stewards during the massive blow

ofa the stewards during the massive blow of a free place grid penalty and if that was not enough to ruin his day, hamilton dropped his superiority in. with less than ten minutes to go in the second session, the finally ventured out and clocked the quickest time, more than five seconds ahead of the german. hamilton has won here for the past four years and few would bet against him making it five in a row in austin to land his visit will title. —— to land his fifth world title. in rugby union's champions cup, a brilliant night at welford road for leicester who picked up their first win in pool 4 with a 115—27 bonus points victory over scarlets. austin halewood has the details: (tx vt) austin halewood has the details. no one has won here before but gardner cottoned on an upset. after all, welford road is not likely stronghold once was. but the tigers roared first. i'm very posed. tried.

—— under the post, try. leicester city what they do best, power game. over just before city what they do best, power game. overjust before the break and they try just after it. overjust before the break and they tryjust after it. but leicester are not likely superpower they once were and their showed why. cheeky. five minutes later, fractures in the backline gifted this, the second for this player of the evening. big games require the biggest of players. and he is about as big as they come. back to fitness coming through dry hair is back in eddie jones' england plans. —— he proved wide. —— he proved why. elsewhere, saints beat the dragons in newport. some other stories for you this friday night... britain's johanna konta lost in the semi—finals of the kremlin cup.

she was beaten in straight sets 6—4, 6—3 — by the sixth seed and local favourite daria kasatkina. jonny bairstow‘s a doubt for england's fourth one—dayer against sri lanka in kandy tomorrow. he injured his ankle taking part in a game of football at the start of their practice. bairstow is being assessed and the team will make a decision on his fitness. and england's ian poulter is four shots off the lead at the cj cup in south korea. he sunk three birdies on his way to a round of 69 to leave him on five under. america's scott piercy tops the leaderboard. team gb finished the youth olympics in buenos aires on a high yesterday with four medals taking their haul to 15. boxer caroline dubois and gymnast am—elie morgan were two of the major —— amelie morgan were two of the major success stories and they hope to follow the likes of jade jones and tom daley who achieved senior olympic success after competing at the youth games. bbc olympic sports reporter nick hope is in argentina for us. this is where it all began. the

obelisk. an opening ceremony at the art of the city. when asked harry ‘s 2018 started in the streets rather than in the city. —— buenos aires 2018. full of innovation, sports climate impressing in their debuts. the argentinian public certainly enjoyed their multi—medal haul including a stunning goalfor the women's hockey team but what of the brits? network brutal when it came to boxing. —— they were brutal. first gold of the games and more following as his team—mate finished dvd before a third, showing why she was the new nickel atoms. finishing was the new nickel atoms. finishing was great. the europeans, then the world. it was just great. was great. the europeans, then the world. it wasjust great. it was great. the europeans, then the world. it was just great. it be great to go to the real ones and

2020. there were other standouts in diving, a silver medal. first british karate medal as well through bronze and a gymnast who claimed three medals in amberley morgan. this is such a great experience of the one competition. it is very followed ourselves next so knowing that i can see my focus that made a is really good experience. —— amelie morgan. so many medals as a first—class result 1a gigabytes. we hope this will be the platform for success hope this will be the platform for success for them and then for four yea rs, success for them and then for four years , we success for them and then for four years, we hope that it will help with them representing team gb. good the next games even bolder than 2022 sees the elegant movement had to africa for the first time and it'll be in the capital of selling all, dakar. —— the capital of senegal.

the next couple of years are important. it provides opportunities to work toward the event. the truly exciting. dakar 2022 could transform not only is what budweiser in africa forever. —— dakar 2022 could transform not only sport but lives in africa forever. it's 16 years ago to the day that wayne rooney announced himself to the world with that goal for everton against arsenal. now at the end of his career rooney has travelled across the atlantic to play in washington. yesterday stuart pollitt looks at how wayne is working to spread the word about football in the states. commentator: a special, special goal from wayne rooney... pele, beckham, best. they bowled to make america fall in

love with football. now wayne rooney is the big name in town. —— they have all tried to make america. had he any interest in soccer? absolutely. yes. does wayne rooney mean anything to you? what? please to have him here in dc? making music and we need some heart. yeah, soccer. football is this for us. and we need some heart. yeah, soccer. football is this for usm is the type of fans rooney has been brought to attract. when you come here and you're reaching the casual sports fan out there to really make a big splash, you need a name in the sport. there was david villa,

thierry henry and zlatan in los angeles, and you had thierry henry in new york but now you have wayne rooney in dc. they try to get me to say soccei’ rooney in dc. they try to get me to say soccer that i'm going to keep saying football. a recent survey suggests football is the second most popular sport in this country dreamy 18-30 popular sport in this country dreamy 18—30 demographic by nfl. nfl is far and away the biggest work in this country but if you're going to buy shares ina country but if you're going to buy shares in a sport, by then in foot ball shares in a sport, by then in football flash soccer. one of those youngsters seduced by soccer is dc united midfielder. wayne is one of the guys i looked a kid. i was a big manchester united fan so having him in the team, someone reading ours, is special. where would it rank to

deliver a trophy in here, the united states, after everything else in your career? it would be right up there. it's great to wind trophies and that is why i've come here, to try and wind, help dc wind. if we can manage to do so in my time here thenit can manage to do so in my time here then it will be up there with the other trophies i've won. as he comes towards the end of his own career, can wayne rooney help to build a lasting legacy in the american capital? that's all from sportsday with me will perry. we'll have more sport throughout the weekend. have a good one. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be

bringing us tomorrow. with me are jason beattie, head of politics at the daily mirror, and anna isaac, who's the economics and trade correspondent for the telegraph. lovely to have you both with me tonight. we will have a chat in the moment. first, and at the front pages. let's start with the daily mail and the revelation that one of the men suspected of killing journalist jamal khashoggi travelled to the uk, and even visited downing street in march as part of the security detailfor the saudi crown prince. the top story on the i is that new scanning techniques could provide a breakthrough in alzheimers treatment, allowing more tailored treatment. the times lead is the attack by former senior civil servants on leading brexiteers, accusing them of undermining the integrity of the civil service. the daily mirror features a bitter dispute

over a lottery win. the daily telegraph leads with the warning from councils that the rising cost of recycling household plastic waste means many can no longer afford to offer the service. te financial times reports that the boss of facebook spent many months trying to persuade the former deputy prime minister nick clegg to head up the social media giant's communications team. the daily express claims the newly released radical preacher anjem choudry will ‘wage war‘ on the uk. and finally the guardian says saudi arabia has been spending millions with uk pr firms in a bid to boost the kingdom's image abroad. that was a quick look at the front pages. let's have a bit more of an in—depth chat with jason and anna. we will start off with jamal

khashoggi. the daily mail is talking about the alleged hit man who was involved in this and ties to number ten as well. jason. brought we are finding out after this brutal murder is that the kind of attempt by the new crown princess came here on a state visit to galle us into believing that he somehow modernise -- is believing that he somehow modernise —— is modernising his kingdom, and who will speak about that in a bit. it's a fallacy. it is a fairly brutal, medieval operation. it is still a country despite the cosmetic changes that women can go to the cinema. logical opponents use it now

for death penalty and we can now see it kind of carrying out hit corporations in other countries. the big question here what the mail has done quite cleverly is brought this into our power. how we interact. we put principle before profit. when do we say, look, morally, it is impossible to carry on doing business countries that behave in this way. what do you make of this? it comes down to the conundrum we face as he tried to develop our own independent trading policy, we find a self to make very difficult decisions about who i knew friends are going to be an international markets. saudi arabia is incredibly important for us. bea systems is one of the biggest companies in the uk

and they make 20% of their revenue with the kingdom. we are trying to bid for one of the biggest flotations of the company that has ever been recently. we have done a lot to try and lose saudi investment and build business—related chips there as part of this new phase in out there as part of this new phase in our economic history rarely try to build new relationships outside of europe and this is a real crunch moment, and you really saw what is being demonstrated about this decision of whether liam fox together and attempt this investment conference. i suppose we are also talking about trade here but regionally there are very strategic partners in the region and three we re partners in the region and three were speaking about —— speaking to an activist and one of the questions i could do her, she left in bahrain and is living in denmark. there was and is living in denmark. there was a distinct lack of voices from the