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the news. the latest headlines. the united states reportedly launched a cyber attack on iranian weapon systems on thursday as president trump pulled out of air strikes on the country. neither iran nor any other hostile act or should mistake us prudence and discretion for weakness. the opposition has won a rerun of the election for the mayor of turkey's biggest city istanbul. five people are arrested over accounting fraud over the bakery valerie. england beat cameroon 3—0 at the world cup. and now i'm bbc news, it is time for sports day.
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hello and welcome to sports day with me. coming up on the programme, england reached the quarterfinals of the women's world cup. scenes among the women's world cup. scenes among the cameroon players. domination lewis hamilton wins the french grand prix to take a stranglehold on the road title. and can andy murray when the doubles title at queens on his return to tennis? welcome to the programme, thank you for joining welcome to the programme, thank you forjoining us, so england are in the last day of the world cup after a 3—0 win over cameroon. but there we re a 3—0 win over cameroon. but there were extraordinary scenes but overshadowed the result after the players briefly refused to restart
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after the second goal they conceded and they had the var decision and i was not the only moment that things boiled over as katie reports. so far, every step has gone to plan for england. but now the heat turns up a notch. when it comes to knockout football, there is always one thought lingering in the background. the odds suggested this would be a walkover for the odds suggested this would be a walkoverfor england, the odds suggested this would be a walkover for england, cameroon tried everything to throw them off course. but they survived that only to unravel minutes later when the goalkeeper picked up a back pass and in the melee, england appeared to be, but they needed was a cool head, step forward. cameroon are ranked 43 places below england and soon they pressed home their advantage. it was a goal confirmed by var but still cameroon players fought hard done by it, their sense of injustice would
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only increase. it looked to have caught them, but now the drama reaches new heights. england was also rattled but when it mattered, they found a way through as alex greenwood settled. they have seen it all and world cup football, he or she is coming off after a record 18 appearances on the global stage and match she is unlikely to forget. it isa game match she is unlikely to forget. it is a game that had everything, but only one thing counsellor england, they are through to the quarterfinals. they will play norway and we go live now to jane dougal who was watching the game. a big win but it has to be said, about cameroon players and how they handle themselves. yet, it really was incredible scenes. he said it was
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going to be a physical match but i don't think we anticipated how physical it was in the third minute. she took an elbow to her face, fortu nately she took an elbow to her face, fortunately she was ok, but the cameroon player got a yellow card just three minutes and just before the first goal, strange incident. walking away from the cameroon keeper and one of the cameron defenders, spat on her. we don't know if there was deliberate or not, i spoke to her afterwards and she says that she just had saliva on her and it certainly wasn't hers. but looking at the replays, that is what happened. she was spat on by why the cameron players the dying moments of the match, they took a right off the pitch, and i spoke to her and she is 0k pitch, and i spoke to her and she is ok but it looked like it was a really difficult challenge on her. we knew it was going to be a very tough match but what we did not
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anticipate was the protest of the cameron players started to do on the pitch. so after they reviewed it, they said it was not off—site, the cameroon players almost seem to walk off the pitch and discussed and they would not restart the match either, they went to the huddle. one of the players was apparently in two years as well. it is something i have never seen as well. it is something i have never seen before in football and as you may have noticed speaks french because she plays for leon. she was speaking to some of the cameron players in french at the end and i did ask her what they were saying when she was saying. they were very confused by, they did not understand what was going on and also she was reassuring them, telling them that they should be proud of themselves for how far they'd gotten the competition. we knew that cameroon rough going out, but it really was something that i had never seen before, the way they're protesting, the way they're walking off the
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pitch, refusing to restart the match. and the place i spoke to a very diplomatic, head coach certainly was not that diplomatic. he was not impressed at all with the way the cameroon players handled themselves. that was not football for me. in terms of the behaviour, this is going out worldwide. and i cannot stand here and say that i particularly enjoyed it, my players did not enjoy it at half—time, they we re did not enjoy it at half—time, they were confused about the actions about what they should do. they kept the concentration fantastic, seeing that behaviour, to me it is not right. and i cannot stand here and say it is fantastic or brilliant, we are to the last 16. there's a bigger picture here. there's a certain standard of behaviour that you have to do. the england players did carry
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themselves very well and all of them of course atwood said that the main thing was that they had this 3—0 victory and they have progressed and will travel back to the half or they will travel back to the half or they will play norway to beat australia last night and penalties and a very tight match, that is going to be an exciting match because there are a lot of players who many of the players in the england side will know from the norway side, a couple of them play for chelsea and i spoke toa of them play for chelsea and i spoke to a few of these plays, they said looking forward to playing against norway. there will be a very different match, i would imagine that his physical, but the players very physically fit. so it will be very physically fit. so it will be very interesting to watch. england had progressed and they beat cameroon 3—0 there up to the last eight. thank you very much. louis
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hamilton is strength his grip on the world title after yet another dominant display. he finished well ahead of his team—mate. to win the french grand prix making it six wins and eight races. another mercedes front runner, two ahead of sebastian battle, this is the start he had hoped for, hamilton was clinical and it looked like he was his race to lose. and with that strong form only continuing for rory would have to hope for some mercedes race error and may be this was it —— ferrari. hamilton raised the alarm about a problem of the seat, but would take more than that to stop and as he continued to post fastest lap after fastest la p. continued to post fastest lap after fastest lap. it all ended with a new lap record and an untouchable
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hamilton, he kept them at bay ricardo attacking noris at second, and eventually he got there. as the domination continues, it looks like the title race could be as easy as this one. lewis hamilton now has a 36 point lead in this year's title race as he looks to when his sixth world championship. first lap was very tricky, couple of mistakes in the first few laps were very hairy, ties or some the first few laps were very hairy, ties 01’ some reason “— the first few laps were very hairy, ties or some reason —— tires weren't working very well. and then started eating away at it. and then i kept pushing and i let the gap stay as is, i kept on trying to eke it out and tried to improve my lap. and the last few moments, lopez has ended
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the day with two titles, he and andy murray have won the final of the men's doubles. they took the first set fighting back from 5—1 to win the tie—break, 8—6. but they had a fight back of their own, winning the second set 7—5. taking it to a championship tie—break. it was more a and lopez that came out on top. and a stunning comeback from andy murray who was back from his first tournament in six months after having that hip resurfacing surgery. in spain's lopez has become the first wild card to win a rhodes cup when —— world's cup, the oldest singles championship in the history of the event. comfortable in six
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games to two, fighting back to when the second on a tie—break. the deciding set also went to a tie—break but lopez did enough to ta ke tie—break but lopez did enough to take the title. an emotional celebration at the world cup, what a day, he is ranked 113 in the world and onejust day, he is ranked 113 in the world and one just three singles matches into the tournament. the british number one has one the wheelchair final after beating gordon reed in straight sets, 6—2, 7—5 and winning an hourand 28 straight sets, 6—2, 7—5 and winning an hour and 28 minutes, the parent later teamed up together in the wheelchair doubles final but that endedin wheelchair doubles final but that ended in disappointment when they lost in straight sets. roger federal asi lost in straight sets. roger federal aint lost in straight sets. roger federal as i it again, getting his preparations up by when a tenth title in 20 time, grand slam champion. the golfer in straight
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sets to become just the second man to win the same event ten times. it was looking an ominous form at the stop at wimbledon, will be tomorrow. it is amazing. for some reason i never thought i was going to make it any more and i did not think about much, ijust, because the second round in quarters are so tough that everybody thought about how it would feel if i won and now it is a reality. first time ever i could win a title ten times in one place so, it is obviously a very special moment in my career. now the new women's champion, when the rankings after winning the nature valley classic. winning the first set 6—3, she trailed three up in the second set but fought back to 17—5 and
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becomes the first australian woman and 43 years to be at the top the rankings. nothing changes for us was think absolutely nothing changes for us. think absolutely nothing changes for us. we keep going about her business the right way and prepare as best as we can and we are not going to win every tennis match we decide to process the right position. south africa out of the cricket world cup after losing to pakistan by 49 runs, they were set 309 to win, captain managing to put on 63 before being caught and they could only manage 259 from their 50 overs, first time south africa have failed to play at the world cup since 2003, pakistan meanwhile keeps up hopes of making to the semis. just missed out on the bmw international and a dramatic final—round, he had this legal
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chance to seal the victory. but agonisingly short it was stopped and that meant he had to settle for a playoff with him winning but the extra hole with a birdie and his caddie certainly enjoyed it. in hockey, great britain's meant reach the semifinal of the cup, they beat new zealand 2—0. scoring twice and that means they'll take on australia it was the first edition of this tournament out to meet the netherlands. and that is all from sports day, we will have more throughout the evening on bbc news. it is time for the show.
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