zone afterwards. that's been a real disappointment for uk athletics that she has failed to even get through the heat and this is an 800 metres, not featuring the likes of the double epic champion and reigning world champion. also good news for holly bradshaw. she qualified for the pole vault final which is one jump. that's some good news at least. no problem for the men in their 100 metres sprinter? least. no problem for the men in their100 metres sprinter? can least. no problem for the men in their 100 metres sprinter? can we just talk about christian coleman, he's a very controversial figure. many people there would prefer him not to be competing at all, what did they? yes. i mean, look. he absently breezed his heat. the only man to go below ten seconds he looked like he was easing up at the end. a fantastic was easing up at the end. a fa ntastic start was easing up at the end. a fantastic start and of course he will be the man to beat. the fastest man in the world at the moment but of course all the talk is over the fa ct of course all the talk is over the fact that he missed those three drugs test due to a whereabouts failure and he got off a potentially lengthy fan based on essentially a

technicality. that is not gone well and others saying some people need to have more humility. michael johnson of the eight time world champion talking on the bbc spoke about how he was running with a chip on his shoulder. perhaps he needs a little bit more humility instantly was not willing to talk to anyone as he walked through the mixed zone. the men's semi and 100 metre is tomorrow. but adam came in third in a very difficult heat and he had some big names. in the european champion hughes came first in his heat for fastest of all the qualifiers for the semi finals. that's a big final tomorrow, if he makes it through to the final because of course is the first one without usain bolt. and also qualified his fastest loser. three brea ks qualified his fastest loser. three breaks through to the men's and semi final of the 100 metres. get some

rest, thank you very much for joining us there. st helens are through to their first super league grand finalfor 5 years after thrashing wigan a0 points to 10. st helens, who won the league leaders shield — were all over the reigning champions wigan, scoring four tries in the first half to lead 26—6 at half time. three more in the second including a double from mark percival took the game beyond wigan — who'll get another chance to make the grand final when they play salford next week. there were two matches in the championship tonight — fulham beat wigan but the big story was at stoke where nottingham forest came from a goal down to win 3—2 and move to the top of the table for the first time this season. craig templeton reports. these faces tell the story of stoke's season so far. no wins, just two points and second from the bottom of the table. nottingham forest have their sites much higher. a wind will take them top. we have a working for his first stoker goal in

the way the balls fell to him may have been unfortunate but nothing lucky about the finish. the men who are short on luck this season is jack butland. and when sammy was allowed space he found that top corner to compound their misery. forests were now in full flow and it was pinball in the box one more. james mclean's header was down and back and pressure mounts even further on nathan jones back and pressure mounts even further on nathanjones waltzed for us further on nathanjones waltzed for us to go top for the first time in five years. still with football pep guardiola has defended his portuguese forward bernardo silva after the football association asked for the club to explain a post on social media, now deleted, in which silva compared a cartoon character on a sweet packet to his team—mate and friend benjamin mendy. both have written to the fa, silva saying that he regrets that he may have unintentailly caused offence, mendy stressing that he took no offence.

kick it out have said that ‘racist stereotypes are never acceptable as ‘ba nter‘. bernardo is an exceptional person. so he likes to be involved in different situations. what i said, make a focus on other issues, not on bernardo. bernardo is not absolutely guilty, because his intention was incredible, just a joke. it is a cartoon, the face is quite similar. if the same happened a thousand million times with white people, you know? it is the same. sometimes you feel, it is a cartoon, it was a joke. britain's nicola adams has retained her wbo world flyweight title after a split decision in her historic fight against maria salinas. after becoming the first female boxers to fight at the royal albert hall, the pair were closely matched and the judges scored it 96—91; to salinas, 97—93 to adams and 95—95 afterwards

the two time 0lympic champion admitted she was a bit ‘ring rusty‘ after a year out of the ring and offered the mexican a rematch. let's have a look at some of the day's other sports stories. and there was a surprise pace—setter in second practise for the russian grand prix — red bull's max verstappen led the way in sochi, ahead of ferrari's charles leclerc. lewis hamilton was fourth quickest. there was a motorsport theme in the lpga where four of the holes on the course at indianapolis, are actually inside the famous indy 500 track. england's bronte law isjust starting her second round, she was two shots off the pace overnight. and a spectacular round over the st andrews 0ld course put england's matthewjordan at the top of the leaderboard in the alfred dunhill links championship — his 64 included six birdies and an eagle. ireland will take on the hosts of the rugby union world cup —

japan tomorrow morning — kick off in tokyo is at 8:15 uk time. but ireland will be withoutjonny sexton — who has a slight thigh strain and therefore won't be risked at fly—half. jack carty takes his place, it'll be just his second start in a test match. ireland are looking to continue their excellent form, having beaten scotland convincingly in their first match of the tournament. meanwhile, the england centre piers francis has been cited for a high tackle during their win against the usa yesterday. he'll face a three man judicial committee with a suspension of three matches the most likely outcome. the american flanker who was sent—off in that match for a dangerous tackle has been banned for 3 matches... meanwhile alun wynn jones will become wales' most capped player when they play australia on sunday. the 34—year—old lock will win his 130th cap in tokyo, passing the previous record of gethinjenkins. head coach warren gatland has stuck with the same side that comfortably beat georgia in their opening match.

scotland don't play until monday — they're up against samoa in kobe. and how will they respond to that heavy defeat to the iris? well forward john barclay says they won't be feeling sorry for themselves. and looks like we don't care, but that cannot be further from truth. we taken that on board and we try to have fun. we are not going to sit in a hotel room and cry for the week, we can't do that. we've been out and exploring. it's a great opportunity and we've got opportunities this week and some more. england wicketkeeper sarah taylor has retired from international cricket because of her ongoing battle with anxiety. she previously took a break from the game three years ago because of the same issue. taylor returned to win the world cup with england in 2017 and has been named the world's best women's t20 player — three times in her career as well as being second on the england women's all time list of run scorers. she says she leaves the sport with her head held high

but her health must come first. this is taylor speaking back in 2016 — explaining how she is affected by anxiety. the nerves would hit me, but it would be nerves plus something else. i was always confused as to what it was. now i know, it is a genuine kind of panic and the heart races, you feel faint. and those are just little things that i go through. there have been times when i have had to run off into the changing rooms and be sick. sometimes just through sheer panic. and that is where it has got to in terms of that. that in turn affected my performance. let's just return to qatar and the world atheltics championships memories ove rthe next ten days won't be dependant on medlas, sometimnes it's moments like this , this isjonathan busby of aruba — he was competing in the men's 5000 metre heats — and he was in serious trouble,

helping him across the line braima dabo of guinea—bissau. and busby was ok in the end. he even had time to stop his watch! he was disqualfied afterwards for receiving help. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more sport throughout the weekend. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the deputy political edi of the daily mail, john stevens and guardian columnist

dawn foster. lovely to have you both here. nice selection tonight. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the guardian says the bbc is fighting to contain a growing crisis last night over its decision to censure a bbc breakfast presenter over her comments about donald trump, amid fury inside the corporation. the daily mail front page features the same story — saying the bbc is embroiled in a race row, after it reprimanded naga munchetty. the ‘i' says the government are trying claw back money from thomas cook executives to compensate customers. the daily express focuses on prince harry — following in his mother'sfootsteps in angola, to highlight the danger