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now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. scotland's quest to the quarterfinals... as they look to beat the bears — to keep their rugby world cup dreams alive. murray bows out in shanghai — but could he be set to make his singles return to grand slam tennis? and breaking records again — simone biles leads usa to gold in stuttgart to become the most decorated female in world gymnastics history. also coming up in the programme. the plan to transform women's cricket — as a multimillion investment is announced. could it help encourage more young girls to take up the sport? it is about young girls sing cricket asa

it is about young girls sing cricket as a sport that they can get into and progressed through and be professional. and "putting" her sport on the map. british shot putter sophie mckinna speaks to us about her recent success at the world athletics championships in doha. hello and welcome to tonight's programme. as tensions mount once again ahead of tomorrow morning's rugby world cup ties with two of the home nations in action, wales could have their place in the quarter finals tied up with a bonus point win over samoa. but for scotland, their clash with russia will be crucial. they need maximum points to set up a potential winner—takes—all finale with japan on sunday. paul barnes has the details..

when some the scotland players to step out of the tunnel tomorrow it could be their last appearance for their country at a world cup. of course that's not the scenario any of them want is more experienced members of the squad but the pressure to turn over russia and japan is being keenly felt. pressure to turn over russia and japan is being keenly feltm pressure to turn over russia and japan is being keenly felt. it is a massive burden on the players. but we are players good enough to do this and we have made this 31 man squad and would have will pick from that 31 man squad is dared to do the job and everyone is capable. so it is exciting and good for some of the quys is exciting and good for some of the guys that have not had the opportunity to play in a high—profile game. opportunity to play in a high-profile game. the stadium already witnessed a huge upset when japan stunned ireland, another surprise result would eliminate the scots. under normal circumstances the scotland match against russia here would not draw a huge amount of attention but with the funnel group came against japan looming

attention but with the funnel group came againstjapan looming large and some that local interest has been ramped up. this tournament is going well for the hosts both on and off the pitch. japan, their win against samoa was much by more than 25 million people and the number is expected to rocket for the match on sunday. before the tournament we we re sunday. before the tournament we were worrying about the japanese excitement because we could not see any excitement before the tournament but after the tournament people everywhere are so but after the tournament people everywhere are so excited. and everywhere are so excited. and everywhere is like a festival. the sulphite is pretty good. have japan embraced the world cup? they have done that completely wherever you go things are being written about and the schools are covering stuff about scottish rugby. i don't know how

many watched rugby before but they are embracing it for that the country of japan is growing into this tournament. scotland needs to stu nt this tournament. scotland needs to stunt that as their path to the world cup concludes. as for wales, if they beat fiji tomorrow morning — they'll seal their place in the quarterfinals. a victory would also give them the chance to win pool d. they've had the perfect start to this tournament, beating australia and georgia to make it two wins from as many games. assistant coach robin mcbryde says their performances are moving in the right direction. traditionally we always get stronger the more time we spend with each other. so we end up in the environment that we have been able to create, that allows us as individuals to improve on their game and collectively makes us stronger asa and collectively makes us stronger as a group as well. that collective nature will get us through the next game against fiji. south africa thrashed canada in their group game to secure their place in the next round.

they ran in 10 tries in kobe with scrum half cobus reinach scoring the fastest hat trick in the history of the tournament. conor mcnamara was there. ten tries run in by the springboks here and it means a bonus point victory which no matter what happens 110w victory which no matter what happens now between italy and new zealand and south africa are assured of their place in the quarterfinals for their place in the quarterfinals for the three of the tries tonight scored by the northampton scrum—half kobus brian back. for canada at theirjob will always be difficult and got even harder in the first half whenjosh and got even harder in the first half when josh larsson was and got even harder in the first half whenjosh larsson was shown a red card. canada battled on i managed to get a try their own in the second half their next game is against namibia on sunday, a difficult group with italy and the all blacks for the then a the match was always going to be the most realistic for canada to get a win but the springboks have now got

three wins from four and there into the last eight. andy murray is returning to the australian open next year. it will be as first grand slam since major hip surgery at the start of the year. and that remarkable comeback for the world number one, there emotional scenes backin number one, there emotional scenes back in january when number one, there emotional scenes back injanuary when we truly believed his career was over. he was knocked out in the first round, still struggling to get over that hip injury but since then he underwent that career saving hip procedure and made his competitive return to tennis back injune when the doubles title with his partner la paz. in a single sequel to the quarterfinals of the china open last week and won his opening match yesterday at the shanghai masters todayit yesterday at the shanghai masters today it was a tetchy 3—set clash with fabbiano fognini. yesterday

andy murray said that these were by far the fastest conditions he is trained in since his comeback and facing the world number 12 fabbiano fognini he would have to keep up the pace for that fognini could not quite shake off andy murray by the te na nt quite shake off andy murray by the tenant took the first set and tie—break 7—6. it was a sign that the former world number one was not going to make it easy for him. murray broke first in the second set and a few too many unforced errors got the better of fognini, the fight was on as murray took it to the third for them sing the three times grand slam champion move around the court like this shows just how far he has come since injury but it seems that in a match this site it would go to a tie—break. but not without a spat. shut up! off court drama site fognini could do no wrong in the closing stages as it came out on top and for murray to hold off for over three hours on court, that

is progress. one week after shamed athletics coach alberto salazar received a four year ban for dopng violations, the uk athletics performance director neil black has announced he'll step down from the role at the end of this month. uk athletics appointed salazar, with black describing him as a " ' lets get more on this now from our sports editor, dan roan. yesterday having just led britain to their worst tally of medals in world championship in 1a years he admitted that his future was uncertain in the wa ke that his future was uncertain in the wake of the alberto salazar scandal. that has cast a shadow on the sport here now as well as the us and to date the government body uk athletics confirmed the head of performance would step down later this month for the black after all was the man that appointed alberto salazar as consultant to his injury and scored in 2013 and described him asa and scored in 2013 and described him as a genius for that two years later hisjudgment was

as a genius for that two years later his judgment was seriously called into question when those allegations of wrongdoing by him were made in that bbc documentary which triggered an investigation by the us anti—doping agency. 0nto the world gymnastics championships in stuttgart where simone biles has become the most succesful female gymnast in the championships history. she led bsa to build. —— she led the usa to gold. another incredible performance from simone biles. she really showed what she is wet to the team and it was a tea m she is wet to the team and it was a team effort. she is now the 15 times world champion and the most successful ever female gymnast at world championship level here is what she had to say after the event.

it was really exciting, not our best meat but it just it was really exciting, not our best meat but itjust shows the strength we have that we still came out on top even after having a couple of falls. personally for you 15 times world champion now and 2112 medals, the most successful woman at world level ever. it means the world to me, i worked so hard to get where i am in to see that i'm still improving over all these years it is an honour to even represent the country. and what more can we say about simone biles? you can only talk so much about how incredible she is. many people talk about the motivation and if you are 15 times world champion and the most successful female gymnast ever, what motivates her? i think the fact that she loves the sport and you can see that when she is performing, she loves what she's doing and she plays to the crowd. and the support, they love it as well. going for it meant number 2a at the world championships

this week, which would make the most successful female athlete ever in world championships history. and what about the british women qualifying seventh and coming sixth in the final. it will always be hard to pick yourself back up after that qualification, that is what they came for, they wanted the team spot for tokyo was that they did that and thena for tokyo was that they did that and then a couple of days later to have to pick yourself back up after that excitement and go out and perform, fantastic. there was a couple of falls in there but i think everyone fail to date so it shows anything can happen on the day. overall i think they will be pleased to have moved from seven to sixth.|j think they will be pleased to have moved from seven to sixth. i medal not really expected from them today but a different story for the boys in the team final tomorrow. but a different story for the boys in the team final tomorrowlj but a different story for the boys in the team final tomorrow. i just spoke to courtney and he said that the boys have had a good training session today and they are relaxed and looking forward to the competition tomorrow. i think as we have seen today anything can happen, italy came from its position to scraping into the team final and

picking up the bronze medal. so all to play for tomorrow for the boys cannot wait to see that but tonight all but the usa and a certain simone biles. and just the last few moments wales have taken the lead through rachel rowe. wales to have the lead at the moment. still to come tonight, england will be looking to ease off the pressure with a win over portugal tonight. they've failed to win any of their last five games so manager phil neville says tonight's friendly is now "a must—win game". captain steph houghton says this squad should be able to do just that. for us it will be a very tough game

to go over there. it is a short recovery period but something we have to get used it for the olympics coming up and also at the euros as well. so we will give portugal the full respect they deserve but i feel with the squad we have now we have a strong enough squad to win both games. now to plans to transform women's cricket have been revealed today with the ecb announcing £50 million of investment over the next five years, in a bid to make the sport more gender—balanced. the idea is to increase the number of women playing professionally and recreationally. jo currie has the details. lloyds holds fond memories for the england women's cricket team is two yea rs england women's cricket team is two years ago this place was packed to the rafters as fans saw them lift the rafters as fans saw them lift the world cup after an enthralling final. a landmark moment for the sport and today another one after the ecb announced it would invest

£20 million in women's cricket over the next two years for the that could rise to £50 million over the next five that the money will be spent at every level from grass roots all the way up to the top of the game and players will be given a new professional contracts and eight new professional contracts and eight new original elite teams will be created for the england women's quick captain had knight said it was a game changing moment for the sport. we need to remember how far the game is come in a short space of time and it is something i never thought i would see as an england player in my time. 40 players are set to be given these new professional contracts on top of the current england players who essentially are contracted. so the national side should have a bigger pool to pick from in the future. laura mcleod is to play for england herself and she says that can only mean good things for england as they chase more of these. it's great news, fantastic for the game, not just for the women's game but i think for the game as well and this

money will really start to show and start to see growth from this. the announcement today comes after details of the new 100 format were revealed last week and that it's up to be the new shop window for women's quick going forward with the top earners getting £15,000 for a four—week season. fans of the game we re four—week season. fans of the game were keen to point out women's players will get around 10% of what the male players will be getting for the male players will be getting for the pressing questions about equal pgy- the pressing questions about equal pay. the salaries we will pay our players, fewer players to play in the 100 are very competitive, i think they are in line with the economics of the game more widely. they are in line with the kind of where england women are paid at the moment to play for england. the whole organisation is ambitious about closing the gap. heading into the summer of women's sport there is a lot of talk about changing the game and this is a game changing amount of money. it appears the ecb

is now putting its money where its mouth is. british shot putter, sophie mckinna has described her experience at the world championships in doha as the best of her life. and its easy to see why. her efforts saw her qualify for the tokyo 0lympics, become the first british woman in 36 years to make a world championship final and she threw a personal best. sophie is back in the uk and earlier i caught up with her to to find out how she's feeling now. it has been a bit of a whirlwind since i threw that massive trail of the world championships. it has been really crazy and there has been a lot going on so it has not had time to sink in. got a personal best, huge achievement in itself especially in those conditions at the world athletics championships. what was the pressure like? it is ha rd what was the pressure like? it is hard but at the championships to perform because that is the biggest stage i have committed on let alone to go out and perform your best. so

it was difficult and there was a lot of pressure. but with a great squad and that was nice for the british athletes. going into the olympics we will be rooting for you but it is one of the sport that may be does not get as much attention as some of the other track and field events, do you think that you have raised the profile? i think it is not a glamorous event, not a sprint, not a running event and we do not get much coverage on the field events side of things. so nice to perform so well and people start to notice what i'm doing and getting a bit of press around shot put is nice to have people watching and cheering me on for that may be people who would not have watched previously. you said it maybe does not get as much attention and in terms of sponsorship as well you currently do not have a sponsor so you held down two jobs? you currently do not have a sponsor so you held down two jobs7m you currently do not have a sponsor so you held down two jobs? it can be difficult, i have to fund my own athletics career by working which is

very hard. but i don't mind working, i think it adds something different to my career and gives me a bit of an added extra stop and tell me about those jobs, trying to find the balance in terms of training and working, i think you are a gym instructor and a police officer? i work shift work in police custody and it is quite an interesting job and it is quite an interesting job and different every day and then i do my gym instructor on the site as well, but is a bit more relevant to what i do as an athlete. i go in and write programmes for people and help them with strength work. so i do both of them and that funds my athletics career. looking ahead to tokyo you must get a bit of a rest now, it has been a long season. the longer season i've ever done, normally major championships are in july and august and not 0ctober so i have two weeks off now and i sit down next week with my coach