a double century from the australia batsman put the tourists in prime position to retain the ashes, and left england demorilised after day two of the fourth test at old trafford. smith made 211 as australia declared on 497—8. andy swiss has the story of smith's day. once again, it was australia's day and once again it belonged to steve smith. he had begun the day on 60 and he might not have gone much further had john for archer not taken a difficult course. but from there steve smith moved up to the gears. he reached his centuryjust before lunch. england did take two wickets in the morning session but in the afternoon things really started to unravel for them. there we re started to unravel for them. there were dropped catches and then when

smith was on 118 they thought they got him out caught in the slips but replay showed that jack leach had overstepped the mark. it was a no ball so a reprieve for steve smith. heartbreakfor ball so a reprieve for steve smith. heartbreak for england. from there smith went on to score a double hundred and even the england fans who haven't exactly warmed to him in the wake of the ball tampering scandal, even they gave him a warm round of applause when he was finally out for 211. australia eventually declaring on 497—8. england hope to get through to the close without losing a wicket but joe generally was out before the close. brantley joe generally was out before the close. bra ntley caught joe generally was out before the close. brantley caught forjust four. that means england will now face a huge battle if they are to stay in the smash and save their ashes hopes. yeah, andy swiss there on the man of the moment, the man of the series so far. here's what some of steve smith's contemporaries have to say. former england captain

michael vaughan says... ex—aussie team—mate brad hogg pays tribute... and the all—time leading run scorer in test cricket sachin tendulkar says... it was a huge moment. i think that is my third now and we are second against england. the second time i got out onjoe route on 200 as well.

——joe got out onjoe route on 200 as well. —— joe root. got out onjoe route on 200 as well. ——joe root. really got out onjoe route on 200 as well. —— joe root. really proud to score a double 100 for australia and put us in the position we are in now. obviously yesterday with the weather and everything like that and then today, we turned up and it was a decent day and it looked —— fairto the was a decent day and it looked —— fair to the play that the way that he played... he got a bit between his teeth and in great form. you got to give him a lot of credit for the way he is playing and scoring the i’ufis way he is playing and scoring the runs he has. northern ireland warmed up for their euro qualifer against germany on monday with a 1—0 win over luxembourg this evening. but the goal did come in some rather bizarre circumstances, which our reporter lydia campbell can explain. with bigger matches on the horizon, he named an experimental team to ta ke he named an experimental team to take on luxembourg. that side included a debut from a man who was

playing northern league football 18 months ago. in a first a few chances it was a moment of complete calamity that opened the scoring. kevin will be having nightmares about this one tonight. he has made headlines this season. tonight. he has made headlines this season. his reward was earning a second cap for his country and it did not take long for him to make an impact. firstly coming close here. then setting up this chance for jordan thompson. for northern ireland, this is theirfifth jordan thompson. for northern ireland, this is their fifth win jordan thompson. for northern ireland, this is theirfifth win in a low for some unformed just—in—time to face the germans. lydia campbell, bbc news. newcastle's fabian schar put switzerland ahead against the republic of ireland in their euro qualifier in dublin. but a late goal from sheffield united's david mcgoldrick rescued a point for the hosts — his first international goal too.

they are unbeaten. those are your qualifiers so far. also in that group are gibralter and denmark. they play tonight. the danes comfortable winners by six goals to nil. jamie murray and neal skupski are in the semi—finals of the doubles at the us open. they lost the first set on a tie—break. the second is also going to a tie—break. murray is already into the mixed doubles final with his partner. and you can keep updated on that semi—final on the bbc sport website. england's paul casey shot a 6—under par round, to go top of the leaderboard at the german open in hamburg. casey posted a 66, including seven birdies. despite strong winds on the course, he leads by a shot, ahead of austria's matthias schwab.

leeds boxer nicola adams admits it was strange to become world champion, without winning the title in the ring. she received it due to arely mucino being unable to defend her crown through injury, and adams had won the interim title and was mandatory challenger. it all means when she next fights, in three weeks' time, it'll be her first defence of the belt. she's been talking to tanya arnold. it was a strange moment, really. i wanted to fight for the title and beat a champion, do it the right way. but it was not meant to be. even though i am ready have it, i want to fight for it. i am looking for it to doing that. it is been a bit stop start, boxing and then not boxing and boxing again.

hopefully i can keep on going, unify before christmas and then go on from there and collect somewhat titles. —— some more titles. at london 2012 olympic she became the first woman to when a boxing gold—medal. four years later she became the first to defend it. could she return to the amateur ranks and cover a third gold in tokyo next year? __ go —— go fora —— go for a third goal herb it has crossed my mind quite a bit recently. ijust have to think about it, see what my coaches say, see what the team say. and then go from there, really. she has hinted at maybe going back to the olympics. two does that work for you? nicola has always gone to the beat of her own drum, so to speak. she is double and a big champion, but i think, you know, if she did that i think it is a step backwards.

third gold medal, it does sound really nice. there is a really good place on the mantelpiece that it could fit right in there. could be some interesting conversations. i think when she sits down and thinks about achievable as she does not need to do that. she has unification kite —— fights, the bbc and can go that way. we had the bbc and can go that way. we had the conversation? maybe so. before that conversation she needs to beat her next opponent at the end of the month. once i have won this fight, i will felt like a true world championship. and that bubbles to you? yes. now then many people spend ages waiting for lifts at work. marcin dziensk doesn't. take a look at this. the polish speed climber was set a challenge to see if he could sprint up a wall faster than the elevator. which you can see.

he did so in a little over 12 seconds, just pipping the machine to the top of the building. a specially constructed wall on the side of the olympic centre in warsaw. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the westminster editor of the daily record, torcuil crichton and deputy political editor of the daily express, sam lister.

lovely to have you both here. busy all week, isn't it? many of tomorrow's front pages are already in, with fall out and reaction to the resignation of borisjohnson‘s brother, jo johnson, resigning. the guardian calls the resignation ofjo johnson, "an extraordinary blow" which sent "shock waves through the conservative party". the i reports thatjojohnson is standing down as a minister and mp because he can't square "fa m ily loyalty a nd the national interest". that story also makes the front of tomorrow's metro. the paper says the prime minister begged his younger brother to stay on in a late—night phone call. whilst the financial times says the resignation ofjojohnson adds to the sense that the hard—line brexit stance is tearing apart the conservative party. the independent reports on the backlash the prime minister