i recall forjoffre archer earlier in the week he revealed he had suffered from racial abuse on social media and the players took the knee and support of black life matter. with the series hinging on the scheme, they needed to start well. a dog for don sibley, the west indies clearly meant business. including their new cult hero. six foot six, 22 stone, minimal run—up but maximum spin. carmel was soon posing problems. it was his fielders that did the damage. joe root run out. his team in trouble. here is ben stokes, england's superhero, but not this time. stokes gone for 20. soon followed by rory burns. watch this. a brilliant catch by cornwall while

wearing two hats. the west indies had seized the initiative. a swashbuckling half—century 41. cornwall the bowler and probably we this was heading if the advertising hoardings had not got on the way. they turned the tide. what had been a punishing day is becoming a promising one. time for a look at the weather. here's nick miller. it is cricket against the weather for the next few days. it would not be the weekend without low pressure close by which is what is approaching with these weather fronts. cooler, brazier and approaching with these weather fronts. cooler, brazierand there will be showers. for western parts of england the rain will be with you soon if not already and some rain pushing east across the uk overnight. heavier bursts around

scotland, northern ireland and northern england. a lot of quite red to start the day tomorrow but still some showers or outbreaks of rain especially scotland and northern england, but it is not a wash out because many of us will get to see some sunny because many of us will get to see some sunny spells with further heavy and possibly thundery showers breaking out with more persistent rain pushing north across the north and i'll of south—east england later in day. a few sports creeping into the low 20s under windy day. some showers for tomorrow and monday is looking at quite a wet day. on saturday some heavy and possibly thundery showers around that may some torrential downpours in a few places and then into part two of the weekend on sunday still low pressure is close by, they will be showers especially into the north and west, i feel pushing step further east, sunny spells in between. throughout the weekend it is quite windy. 30—a0

mph and a touch cooler for some others on sunday. it does not look particularly warranted the start of next week. i get go tomorrow the uk reached its highest temperature on record, nearly 39 celsius. i am not saying that is an aspiration, i am just saying it is very different to what is around at the moment. a reminder of our top story: three teenagers have been convicted of the murder of pc andrew harper. that's it, so goodbye from me. now on bbc one, let'sjoin our news teams where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. the tokyo games were due to start today, but some are far from enthusiastic

for next year's postponed olympics. england rally to put themselves in a good position after a slow start against the west indy at old trafford. nerves arejingling against the west indy at old trafford. nerves are jingling ahead of the premier league season. who will say up? hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. today should have been the opening ceremony of the 2020 olympics in tokyo, but with the coronavirus pandemic forcing their postponement for a year, enthusiasm for hosting the event in tokyo has since plummeted. many are wondering whether they will ever take place at all. a poll this week found only 23% of japanese people support holding the games next year. our tokyo correspondent rupert

wingfield—hayes has this report. by by now, the buildings around me here should have been bustling with thousands of athletes from all over the world getting ready to compete against each other. of course because of covid—i9, they're not here. this place remains a ghost town. but will it be any different a year from now? is town. but will it be any different a yearfrom now? is covid—i9 is still circulating widely, if there isn't a vaccine, then how will it be possible to host an olympics here in tokyo safely? from brazil to india, south africa to do the united states, covert infections are accelerating. medical experts think there is little chance the pandemic will be over by next summer. that could be a game changer, even with the lessening of the spread of the disease thanks to a vaccination, still it is more likely that the

illness or pandemic will continue to occui’ illness or pandemic will continue to occur by 2021. the olympics is supposed to be about winning the world together —— bringing the world together. could tokyo be held without spectators? senior olympic officials say actually not. we had to decide we want the game to go ahead. were the risks to severe? i thinkjapan ahead. were the risks to severe? i think japan would probably ahead. were the risks to severe? i thinkjapan would probably propose and they would probably accept the cancellation. last night inside the olympic stadium, they reset the countdown clock. one year until the opening ceremony. maybe. rupert winterville hayes, bbc news, tokyo. —— rupert wingfield—hayes. for athletes, the olympics are a showpiece for years of work

in getting to the top of their sport. britain's max whitlock has been readjusting to new training plans for the games next year. the gymnast spoke to mike bushell about what he plans to do with the extra 12 months, and his hopes to build on gold medal success in rio. i should've been a big day, ion britain's most successful gymnasts. instead, he's back at the south six gym where he trains, going through the risk team many of us go through now with the return to work. it's so strange to think that now the olympics will be right out there, it's come round so, so quickly. it's scary. you been defending your two titles? yeah, that's coming up the back of last year, put me in the really good place going into this olympic year. but it is what it is.

there's nothing that can be done. everyone is in the same boat. i was one of those people who did a lot during lockdown, and even still coming in, i'm still getting aches and pains. it started to get harder and pains. it started to get harder and harder. i'm feeling that is mild get older —— i'm feeling that as i get older —— i'm feeling that as i get older. i will be 28 years old, and fora get older. i will be 28 years old, and for a gymnast, it's getting on. but i'm not done. i still want to improve. being an athlete, you are at home for a long period of time, but now you have this chunk of time, especially with your little girl willow. she saying a few words, she says mummy and daddy. she likes toys and stuff like that, she's trying to do splits. that's why i'm feeling... it's pretty funny. that's the things i would've missed, which would have been a huge change. to be at all the stages and stay... this is been

brilliant. it was before that i think it's kind of something that i think it's kind of something that i think everyone but —— took for granted max is never experienced anything but positive coaching himself. as someone but positive coaching himself. as someone who is on so much to inspire the next generation coming through, how do you feel about those headlines and allegations putting people off coming into sport?|j headlines and allegations putting people off coming into sport? i hope not. the benefits are still there in the sport. it's an amazing sport. at the sport. it's an amazing sport. at the sport. it's an amazing sport. at the sport i love and i think that's why this has hit hard. it's sad to hear. it's frustrating to hear. what they've expense and what they've gone through. it's really frustrating and sad. i think obviously, they go on to make then feel like they can speak out. it's a

situation that obviously, he needs change. he needs to be addressed immediately. —— it needs. ithink the main outcome is that we want to create a change in that concept and overall, i think the sport will be ina overall, i think the sport will be in a better place. i think that's a whole mission, creating something better for the next generations because the sport is amazing. the sport is incredible. it means so much to me. alex mclin is director of the gymnastics ethics foundation, an independent body which investigates any safeguarding issues within the sport. he says the culture of coaching has to change across the world. there is a cultural issue. that doesn't mean it's universal, there's a lot of positive coaching out there as well. those are stories we need to hear as well because i think among those who practice a harsher

culture, which unfortunately, crosses the line to abuse at times, there is a belief that this is the way that it needs to be done to achieve results. we need to hear more. there is another way. england recovered from a poor start to the third and final test against west indies, as they look to build a substantial first innings lead at old trafford. they are 258 for four. james anderson and jaw archer return. —— jofra arhcer. let's get some more, with cricket writer and broadcaster isabelle westbury, who's been watching. it was a pretty big gamble,

considering england lost that first test match. it really felt the pressure was on them, i guess two batters in particular. in terms of panicking when root and stokes were out cheaply, was there much worried from the england captain from those two going? i would think go back to stokes. there was pressure on pope and butler. hundreds 30 61 karcher, that's pretty good going for them. he's been critical for england's success. he's been critical for england's success. we've yet to see jofra archer with the ball in his hands. success. we've yet to see jofra archer with the ball in his handslj think probably more anticipation on the outside and less on the inside.

i think he's got a really good set up. lots of support. but i think it's a —— everyone likes a speculation story. i think it's probably more noise year. we're all anticipating. i think he is being looked after. it looks as though he has a lot of good players around him. ithink has a lot of good players around him. i think we will see more from him. thank you very much indeed for that. highlights of today's play are on bbc two shortly. that's at seven o'clock with isa guha. do not miss that. it should be an interesting day's play to watch. still to come on sportsday... we hearfrom richards and botham on the honour of having a new trophy named after them. at the end of the day, you sit down and you have to have a chat, whatever. i think that's what it's

all about. it's been confirmed the next premier league season will start again on september 12th. that's in just seven weeks. this season finishes on sunday and, though the title went to liverpool a long time ago, there's plenty still to be decided. chelsea need a point at home to wolves to be certain of champions league qualification. their rivals are playing each other. leicester host manchester united knowing they need to win. just a draw would do for ole gunnar solskjaer‘s side. we're looking forward to the game. we've given ourselves a good chance of being in the champions league next year. that cannot be... we cannot go into a game thinking about what the outcome to be. we just got to go and perform, and perform at a high enough level and standard so we can get results. we want to go there and dominate the game. we want to get to this position to be able to go to leicester and beat them. we

won't change our... we want to go there and try to win a game of yellow. when you're one of those clu bs, yellow. when you're one of those clubs, that's all is pretty clear. we would want to be in it. we want to do everything we can. if we fall short, that we still had a really good season and our first full season together. like i said, when you're at that level of spend and everything else, there's need to be in there. of course that brings a different level of expectation. whoever misses out will qualify for the europa league. only sixth place is guaranteed qualification, so that will be wolves or tottenham who play at crystal palace. it really is all to play for on sunday. only one of aston villa,