effort to cut back made a conscious effort to cutback on my schedule to make sure they do not play too much. i want to play as long as i possibly can and you have to understand that if i play a lot then i will not be out there that long. he finds himself in unfamiliar country, they have not hosted the open since 1951 it is a beautiful, yet perilous course, only known to a few on the tour. but to rory mcelroy, this is his home. he came here as a boy, so even for a man who was 1a majors, winning this would be special. i do not get that emotional with golf, but if it were to happen, ido with golf, but if it were to happen, i do not know what the emotions would be but it would definitely ta ke would be but it would definitely take a lot for me not to sort of, you know, burst out crying. we are expecting a different kind of waterworks, much as changed northern ireland since when he can port rush

68 years ago. but if you go back to forecast —— go by the forecast. one thing is not. let's have a quick look at the other headlines for you. pacquiao's camp says no deal has been made to fight americom. the individual champion has signed on the dotted line. in the series, wickets or the england academy against australia. england need to win this test to stay in the series after. close to completing a deal to move to madrid, four years ago, playing more than 100 times for the club. staying with the ball, the newcastle

united says he was surprised and disappointed to see him leave the clu b disappointed to see him leave the club when his contract came to an end last month. steve bruce is going to ta ke end last month. steve bruce is going to take over it looks, having resigned on wednesday of yesterday. to see the manager leave us disappointing because he had a good run with the club and it was decision that was made between the manager himself and the club owners. it was out of our hands and now we have to look forward to a new manager and a new season. it is a strange situation, even for a manager to go into the last year of his contract and going to this is nothing that happens often. leaving for the chinese super league, the league leaders winning 4—1 with its

barcelona spurs player, getting a hat trick, having won his first two league games. england and saracens told the bbc that he is going to make that his christian beliefs do not disrupt england's world cup plans. he was warned by the conduct after liking the homophobic social media posts. one of the stars the australian game was sacked. he was booed while playing towards the end of last season and he regrets the effect that it had on his team—mates. effect that it had on his team-mates. the only regret i would haveis team-mates. the only regret i would have is bringing my team—mates into disrepute. i addressed the group myself and i said that was done with that there and everyone knows where i stood and where i stand and i think but we had coming out of there was, it is unfair to bring everyone else into it, which is probably

something that i didn't really think about. that is not something i want to have happen here either. i brought this on myself and i'm not going to hide the way from the fact that i did, but it's also also something that really means a lot to me and other people. suffering another defeat from the world cup going down 77 — 28. leaving questions about the term and format. the top teams have been in a class of their own with new zealand beating northern ireland and australia thrashing malawi, which means they will both progress through the semifinals and they have been unbeaten so far here in liverpool, looking very unphased against those lower down teams and raising the question around the stern met on whether this has been a

really good representation of the game with some real uncompetitive matches. some of them being 40, 50, 60 go differences and we heard from lisa alexander, the head coach of australia, who actually thinks that it may be the right way to go with many of those smaller nations struggling with to keep up with the pace of the likes of australia and new zealand and england included in there as well. further criticism has come about around five consecutive days of matches. the essene australia and new zealand on court every day and this is a very physical sport with a lot of pressure on thejoints physical sport with a lot of pressure on the joints and that could lead to trouble as england has lost one of their players, which means they have to continue the stern met with only 11 players. so thatis stern met with only 11 players. so that is also been a concern of whether or not that it's the right format for the tournament moving forward. they will be up against

trinidad and if they are victorious they will progress to the semifinals but they still are on form to be progressing in this tournament. andrew strauss has been given a lot of credit for the world cup triumph since previous failures were behind the push for years ago to prioritise limited cricket. speaking with the former director of cricket. limited cricket. speaking with the former director of cricketlj limited cricket. speaking with the former director of cricket. i just think we never prioritised that over cricket. we decide as an afterthought and it was all about test cricket and the world cup would come that will be playing the wrong style, not put enough preparation and we'd all get a slap on the wrist and we'd all get a slap on the wrist and say that's a very good and just repeat the same mistake when the tournament came along and ijust felt like, with the world cup in 2019 in england, we couldn't do

that. i would have been so angry with myself if he did that again. it wasn't about prioritising this of the other, it is about playing the style of the game does going to be much more aggressive than positive and 1000 able to put the opposition teams under more pressure from that point on, it was about getting a captain and coach they could roll out of there and play that out. so my involvement started with the idea and he finished with grabbing that with both hands and they've done in the past four years and they've done exceptionally well. we would not of one that world cup without them, that's for sure. he embodied everything we're trying to do and it has been his sole focus. it has been the one thing he has been focused on forfour the one thing he has been focused on for four years the one thing he has been focused on forfour years and the one thing he has been focused on for four years and he the one thing he has been focused on forfour years and he is pushing that team over the line. do you think that focus is detrimental to

test cricket and do you think we will see that? what do you think they'll be perfectly fine side by side? late 90s and of the 2000s demonstrated he could be number one in the world in all formats and dominate and that's got to be the ambition for us. now, we need them both to be there. and so, i don't think you have to buy prioritising one, you can prioritise both. but we have a lot to do and test cricket, we are not what we need to be and when you go away from home is real struggle for us —— winning. when you go away from home is real struggle for us -- winning. former judo champion has died at the age of just 36. he competed at the 2004 and 2008 olympics he was the last britishjudo practitioner to 2008 olympics he was the last british judo practitioner to win, 2008 olympics he was the last britishjudo practitioner to win, he secured that in 2005 he retired in

2011 and was recently taking up the post of head coach with the welsh judo association. the cause of death has not been revealed. died at the age of 36. that is it for sports day, coming up on bbc news it is the papers. goodbye. hello there and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be

bringing us tomorrow, with me after former trade minister and the broadcaster. i cannot wait for this evening. ok, hope a quick look at the front page and let's start with the front page and let's start with the financial times for its report that sterling took a two—year low and marked its responding to the crying list to the brexit strategy —— growing list. no deal looks slightly as boris johnson's team continues a plan to suspend parliament before the 31st deadline and boris johnson plans parliament before the 31st deadline and borisjohnson plans to hold an early general election because he is keen to take onjeremy corbyn. and again on the front page of the guardian, boris johnson being accused of repeatedly ignoring expert advice on the viability of

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