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use to crash and bang and out, we use to crash and bang and wallop cricket but he pulled beautifully to be fair and got outside on numerous occasions that he just stuck to his guns and had a little trouble early on but he stuck to his guns and ground him down. a good opening batsman, batsman ship and england has been looking for someone and england has been looking for someone at the top of the order to do this for quite some while to and hopefully they might have found someone. harry maguire is set to become the world's most expensive defender. the england centre back is moving to manchester united from leicester for a fee of 80 million pounds 5 million more than liverpool's virgil van dyk. maguire is united's third signing of the summer and as our correspondent david ornstein told me earlier, the team is looking in good shape. it isa it is a huge amount of money but manchester united wanted a central defender all summer and it has been
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their priority position and it is one candidate for the next slipping by the wayside, harry mcguire is the last man standing and admired for them a long time and it is staggering to hear that he joined leicester city a few years ago for a lower fee and 2014 and moved to hull city to lester city by peanuts for comparison and it is an enormous fee. many are staggered that manchester united paid this much beforehand that united will be happy because he is rated very highly and is seen as a reader and likes his style of play, being able to bring the ball out from the back so manchester united fans will be very happy to know. that transfer fee is the most any club has ever paid for a defender. but it's not the first time manchester united have paid the big numbers. back in 2002 they splashed out 30million for rio ferdinand. fast forward to 2017 and their neighbours manchester city paid out £45 million for spurs' full
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back kyle walker. liverpool were next with the big spending for a defender when they signed virgil van dijk from southampton for £75 million. that brings us back to harry maguire from leicester city to united for a record breaking £80 million. the new football league season got under way tonight and there was a cracking start to the champioship where luton town playing in their first game at that level for over a decade managed to draw with three all against middlesbrough. michael redford reports. the new middlesbrough manager would bring exciting football back to the clu b bring exciting football back to the club this season and it was not to disappoint. fletcher putting borough ahead. but after 12 years outside of the championship, they know this season will be tough. they need something special to draw level and step forward captain sonny bradley and the first goal for the blow. and
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they had six debutantes planning, one of them soon put them ahead. a first goalfor him one of them soon put them ahead. a first goal for him and the goalkeeper it was the record signing this summer and his impact was let —— less positive. they may have been at fault for the second but they could do nothing about their third, with him taking his spot. something that he failed to deal in the late penalty and was made to pay. , and snatching a point, six goals with points shared. michael redford, bbc news. history will be made in this month's uefa super cup when a female referee will take charge in what is the most significant men's match to be officiated by a woman. stephanie frappart, who refereed the women's world cup final last month, will lead a team of mostly female officials at the match in istanbul which is between the champions league winners liverpool and europa league winners chelsea. frappart has also taken charge
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of men's league matches in her native france. we've reached the half way point at the women's british open golf with plenty of british interest still in contention at woburn. local girl charley hull and bronte law lead the english charge. with defending champion georgia hall only a shot behind them. jo currie is there for us. this had been built of the summer of winning's sports and another wonderful story is unfolding. three english women in the thick of it heading into the weekend after an impressive second round here and buckinghamshire. the performance of the day belongs to law, a brownish dem blemish free round and a round of 67 leaving her seven under par and that is the kind that lindsay majors and particularly a spot and a team. it likely for law she has been playing alongside katrina matthews. she says that this week she is solely focused on her performance.
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it is nice to play in front of the home crowd and i have my family out watching and i think that always helps. it does obviously playing and a major is a little different but i think if i go out and i play somewhere, i can keep pushing on that leaderboard. she is set to witness the cut, matthew but someone must definitely bring over the next couple of days is charlie hull. she got a seven under for the championship and this is the home court and has been a member here since she was nine years old. georgia hall was up out and early this morning and had a solid performance carving 69 for the second day in a row and she is now six and her and she is loving playing in front of a british crowd. they are always behind you and i know that and always behind me and
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even when i ate three fighter and are cheering and it really helped my confidence i think. let's take a look at the leaderboard going into tomorrow's third round. south africa's ashleigh buhai has extended her lead to three shots on 12 under par, ahead of the japanese major debutante hinako shibuno and world number one park sun hjung is one of five players tied for fourth along with chaley hull and bronte law. some tennis for you now and carl admin is out of the washington open in the quarterfinals and loss in three sets to the world 122nd. the british number one hit 37 unforced errors and for double faults and beat not. and the mary brothers are due on court shortly. there were two games in rugby league's super league tonight as st helens extended their lead at the top of the table with a comfortable win over wakefield. at the other end though leeds pulled clear of the bottom sides after thrashing huddersfield
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in the west yorkshire derby. 22—0 at half time it finished 44—0. ash handley claimed two tries on his 100th appearance for the club. championship leader lewis hamilton bounced back from a nightmare weekend in germany to record the fastest time in today's practise for sunday's hungarian grand prix. but the rain caused plenty of trouble for the drivers and red bull's pierre gasly made the most of a dry spell to top the time sheets in second practise albeit slower than hamilton's earlier time. and there was a bit of history at flat racing's glorious goodwood festival today. battaash, ridden byjim crowley, became the first three time winner of the king george stakes. the four one on favourite took the five furlong sprint for the third successive year. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more sport throughout the weekend but from all of us know it is good
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night. hello there and welcome to our looking ahead to what the papers will bringing us tomorrow and with me is the political commentator and the uk correspondent for france 24. and president of the foreign press association. lovely to see you both. i will chat to you in a moment but let's ta ke i will chat to you in a moment but let's take a look at the front pages you'll be waking up to you tomorrow morning and we will start with the express and the report on new hope for cystic fibrosis sufferers as the health secretary agrees to talks over providing a vital drug. the
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mirror is warning that nhs hospitals are in dire need of repairs following cuts to the maintenance budget. environmentalagencies following cuts to the maintenance budget. environmental agencies are urging borisjohnson to prioritise climate change. the daily mail carries the interview with the new secretary and she is pledging to make criminals feel terror on the streets. documents by the telegraph suggest that violent offenders are claiming thousands of pounds in state benefits. and bad news for those of you who have been going off and rivers and ponds during the recent heat wave reveals toxins england's waterways have reached their highest level since testing began. a nice variety of stories there folks. we start with the front of the guardian and a headline there
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that tory rebels threatened the pm to cut 2—1. that tory rebels threatened the pm to cut 2-1. he will not be granted the honeymoon period that many... this was widely expected but obviously another headache for him and the lib dems are coming through and the lib dems are coming through and this is the moment that the brexit party, it lib dems come through and it is speculation that some tory mps may be looking to defect, guardian talks about philip lee but also what seats are at risk likejeremy lee but also what seats are at risk like jeremy hunt and lee but also what seats are at risk likejeremy hunt and others, former members of cabinet thing there seats may go and the issue for tories as if it does go to brexit, those seats could be at rest and let's not forget that boris johnson only could be at rest and let's not forget that borisjohnson only has a majority of 5000 and looking at his feet as well so it is a really tough thing and also in the next 600 days
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