crucial olympics. maddie hinch was crucial to winning olympic, she has no seen is best coke keeper in the world. with less than half these girls now involved, it has been a real struggle for the team. —— she is now seen as the best goalkeeper.m struggle for the team. —— she is now seen as the best goalkeeper. it has been tough but i reflect on what the team who went on to when gold went through, we were at the bottom couple of years before. sometimes the rough patches committee stronger. that is a tough question, lam trying stronger. that is a tough question, i am trying to pretend that is not an option, that is horrific. if they do qualify, what would be the goal? we will be chasing a medal. the dutch will be put on a pedestal by everybody. women's's hockey is close, anyone of the teams can when

oui’ close, anyone of the teams can when our medal. shona and mccown missed the commonwealth games in the world cup due to concussion. she knew was how important qualification for 2020 would be for the sport. it is really crucial time for hockey, olympic says the pedicle. a lot of people we re says the pedicle. a lot of people were inspired after rio dejaniero. we desperately want to be there. the history makers in 2016 will do everything they can to make sure they had on the plane to tokyo. everything they can to make sure they had on the plane to tokyom is notjust they had on the plane to tokyom is not just about as, it they had on the plane to tokyom is notjust about as, it is they had on the plane to tokyom is not just about as, it is about doing it for the people who are not in the squad right now who wear in the squad before and didn't need to cut. the guys behind the funding, the guys who got as to the point of playing hockey, it is all for then. if they want their olympic legacy to continue, they need to guarantee their place at the games first.

kyle edmund's eight—match losing run has finally come to an end. he beat lithuania's ricardas berankis 6—4 6—3 in the first round of the paris masters. edmund had been the british number one in january but a poor season has seen him drop to 75th. he'll now face argentine diego schwartzman in the next round. oksana masters is a successful winter and summer paralympian who's aiming to win gold for the us in the sport of hand—cycling at tokyo 2020. but her road to success hasn't been straightforward. her biological mother grew up near chernobyl, and oksana was born with a range of birth defects which she attributes to radiation from the plant in ukraine. here's her story. iam oksana i am oksana masters, 30 years old and diameter summer and winter paralympian. —— and iama summer and winter paralympian. i was born in ukraine. i was born with multiple

birth defects which were believed to be linked to chernobyl. my mother was pregnant with me and she ate something that was poisoned by radiation or something, they linked it to chernobyl. i was not that far from their and the fact that radiation levels after the explosion yea rs later radiation levels after the explosion years later continue to rise. my legs, arms and organs and muscles, right from birth i was put up with —— for adoption because i had so many birth defects and my birth pa rent many birth defects and my birth parent thought i would be better in an orphanage. i came over to the united states when i was seven years old when i was adopted by my mother, she chose me out of the picture. she saw me in a black—and—white picture and said, that is my daughter and

fought for me for two years. when she came abroad and so the situation i was living in, she walked on the whole way and there were people on their hands and knees on the floor, there was ice on the floor because there was ice on the floor because there is no heating. i remember having pain in my stomach from being hungry all the time. i came to america? i was diagnosed with failure to thrive and starving to death. it was a different experience growing up. when i came to america i realise that everything i had experienced was not normal. i won it paralympic medals, including two golds and hope to compete in tokyo 2020. my first paralympic games in 2012 was like being a child in a candy store. i had never been around

so candy store. i had never been around so many people that were like myself, it was so new, absolutely incredible and winning a paralympic gold medal definitely helps give you that platform. to me, i want that platform to grow my sports. i do what i do because i want to prove to people what is truly possible. an inspirational story. an inspirational story. that's all from sportsday. it is time for brexit cast. we see clearer lines on the dover calais crossing. . i can

describe as a dog's brexit. the dover calais crossing. . i can describe as a dog's brexitm the dover calais crossing. . i can describe as a dog's brexit. it is laura in westminster. chris in westminster and adam in brussels which seems very unimportant. why would that be? we are not going to be here for long. just a short ten minutes. we could have summarised it ina sound minutes. we could have summarised it in a sound effect of here we are and actually in a moment because we had so actually in a moment because we had so many moments in brexit when they are not quite as big moments as we think they could be. can we imagine who might not be very impressed? you are joking, not another one, who might not be very impressed? you arejoking, not another one, for gods sake, i can't stand this. that is too much politics going on at the

moment, whitish and need to do it? parental. i never tire of hearing that. if you substitute she for he, it stands the test of time. to be clear parental from bristol was not reacting from today but about the general election in 2017 but that has been a definitive decision from parliament tonight, that boris johnson will get his way, unless something weird happens and nice of lord's tomorrow that we are being invited to the polls on december 12. that is as big as it gets. given the house of lords, given this process and if things turn out to before gay, could anything happen in the lords which could stop it realistically? -- being foggy. of

course it could in theory but it would be very strange if the unelected thais was to stand in wee of the elected representatives in the commons. but of course other people are not familiar with parliamentary procedure as we are, the third reading room hasjust gone through, looking at pictures at her past eight, has a commons has agreed to have a general election but that has to go through the house of lords tomorrow and they had to give a touch —— give it approval as well because this kind of bill is a legal bill, to say this house must have a general election because their lordships have to prove it. we have to do lordships have to prove it. we have todoa lordships have to prove it. we have to do a recap versus where we were yesterday. that was pretty good as recap school. for brexitcast

catching up, there was business yesterday of the vote on the fixed term and needing the two thirds majority, coupled with the fact that it wasn't definitive, the whole business of the government brexit pan —— plan had been taken off the table until the election and also jeremy corbyn was waiting to be absolutely clear that everyone around the eu table had accepted the extension. so while it looks cracker is that mps last night voted against having a general election, they have no voted to have an election and on that third reading vote i mentioned, it went through overwhelmingly. lots of stained but it went through overwhelmingly with only 20 mps voting against. what came from year end, president twos giving the extension may be different here.

end, president twos giving the extension may be different herelj think the tweet which came this afternoon, which was quite emotional, i am trying to find it now. the decision came yesterday really. we knew on monday morning it was al gore, just a few bureaucratic hurdles that had to go through. —— it was going. president donald tusk has formally granted the extension, it may be the last one, please make the best use of this time. i also wa nt the best use of this time. i also want to say goodbye to you, i will keep my fingers crossed for you. he has said that maybe the last one, which means it may not be. he is definitely saying it is the last one for him because he's finishing soon. guess where his last speech will be on the 13th of november? in bruges.

do you know anyone who needs a famous speech in bruges? might that bea famous speech in bruges? might that be a formerfemale famous speech in bruges? might that be a former female prime minister, if not theresa may. let us be clear, we are in the selection because of brexit, not just because we are in the selection because of brexit, notjust because boris johnson feels like it, we are here because he got a deal with the eu but not surely can get it through parliament so instead he will get the country to be decisive in a way parliament suggested itself not to be decisive. in the last 2a hours that lots of furious mps that he has ditched his attempt to get the bill through even though people on the other side were pushing him to attach the bill. even at certain points today, there was various charts that there is points, you're on the radio talking about how these in westminster can feel that —— like yea rs in westminster can feel that —— like years gone by. he started the day knowing this vote was coming but

labour were sceptical about the idea of the election. the snp and the liberal democrats were appearing on the television together saying we are looking but we are not committing to it absolutely. then the cabinet meeting finished and they were saying they were up for it and then the chatter in the background about the withdrawal bill and even net afternoon, i went on the one o'clock news being definitive about an election... there was a bit in the afternoon where it suddenly became less of a sure thing. yes, because mps in the labour party and other bits of the opposition had the ambition to try to change the low at peace so that 16 and 17—year—olds should have the vote. —— change the low at speed. what happens about the date? boris

johnson propose the 12th and then the lib dems said the ninth and we cannot compromise on the date. then everyone said the 1030 elevenths. how come we have ended up at the 12th? because the opposition parties had a vote to time change their date to the ninth but they did not have the numbers to the government won on the numbers to the government won on the 12th. is it possible that the date is something the house of lords might try and change? i do not see why they would but i would like to point out, that as things stand we will find that the results of the next prime minister is going to be, of course it may be a hung parliament, but if there is a majority any party, we will find out the person who's going to be in charge of running our country on the 13th. that is a good point. so the last couple of years had not been

enough of a motor show, there is plenty more to pan. but who will come to the european council which starts on the 12th of december? you might be the british delegation. you can walk up the red carpet. having read two years of the main use for those dinners, i have never seen one i would want to go to. or, in c i am very sad about brexit but we want to know what the uk wants. —— or come up know what the uk wants. —— or come up and say. we want to thank all the eu leaders who have been very gracious and given their time to talk to the bbc. broadly, we don't wa nt talk to the bbc. broadly, we don't want this to happen there saying but this is where we are. a quick question for you, the elections on

the 12th so we will know who the new prime minister or scene prime minister is on the morning of the 13th. perhaps. -- or scene by minister. so when will parliament come back in that case? this is a really open question. it's a hung parliament and let us hope we do not speak —— spend the next six weeks talking about what we will do the hung parliament because we need a nswe i’s. hung parliament because we need answers. this is notjust a game about who would work with him in a hung parliament. but parliament, borisjohnson has said, ought to set before the 23rd of september, that was in some of the paperwork. there is something about a historian parliament, when you go back to the

president of 1923, a similar timed election in december, the queen's speech wasn't until mid generally —— met january. that will not fit a brexit deal ethics conservatives or labour in power if you were to delay that long. whoever it is, time will be of the essence because that new delhi will take us up to the 31st january. —— new delhi. there are some concerns in some parts of the westminster empire of people who quite like the idea of putting the sa nta costu me quite like the idea of putting the santa costume on that it is not impossible the tory manifesto might say something like we will be out by the end of the year. which means parliament setting during the christmas holidays. it is a bit of i

am not saying this with authority. but they manifesto from the tory side, there will be a rapid timetable but even if parliament we re timetable but even if parliament were to come back and i think they might end up coming back after christmas rather than before, you have to do a queen's speech. you have to do a queen's speech. you have to do all sorts of things, new mps getting swore then, that takes a few days so it is hard to see how you would do it before january. he would also need to have an emergency setting of the european parliament to approve the deal for us to leave. i think the tory offer would be here is the deal, give me a majority so i can do it as side can. if we were to leave on the 31st of december which is one of the options, the european parliament has to —— approve the deal once it has been ratified in

the uk. yes, of course.

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